After Ted Cruz insulted Donald Trump’s “New York values” during Thursday night’s debate, viewers took to social media to criticize and lampoon the Texas senator.
In a verbal attack on Trump, Sen. Cruz admonished the real estate mogul for “embodying New York values,” NBC reported, adding that Cruz’s statement drew a swift rebuttal from Trump and on Twitter from debate watchers at home. RELATED: VIDEO: ‘USA Freedom Kids’ perform at Trump rally in Florida “I think most people know what New York values are. … Not a lot of conservatives come out of Manhattan,” Cruz was quoted during the debate in a related Guardian report. “[Cruz] has insulted a lot of people. New York is a great place, great people, loving people, and wonderful people,” Trump was quoted by NBC in response to Cruz’s accusation.
New Yorkers used the hastag #NewYorkValues on Twitter to immediately begin firing back at Cruz’s remark, NBC added.
And finally … #NewYorkValues pic.twitter.com/r3QMgstpSK
— Ben Schwartz (@benschwartzy) January 15, 2016
.@tedcruz Work hard, celebrate diversity, innovate, welcome new Americans, create opportunity, subsidize U.S. via taxes. #NewYorkValues
— Eliza Byard (@EByard) January 14, 2016
People who complain about #NewYorkValues are the same people who come to the city and only visit Times Square
— Mark S. Luckie (@marksluckie) January 15, 2016
I buy a new $5 umbrella every time it rains. #NewYorkValues
— Steve Lacy (@StevenLacy) January 15, 2016
Trump also hit back at Cruz, claiming the 9/11 attacks revealed that New York was much loved by the rest of the world, according to the Guardian, which quoted Trump’s response.
RELATED:Donald Trump’s tweets were the top trend on Twitter during the Democratic debate “The people of New York fought and fought and fought. … Everyone in the world watched and everyone in the world loved New York. I have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that Ted made,” Trump stated.
