Last week, Ted Cruz angered some New Yorkers — and a lot of liberals — for his “New York values” comment. Donald Trump did his best to capitalize on it, going so far as to invoke 9/11.
This afternoon, George Pataki, former New York governor — and until recently, one of Cruz’s POTUS race rivals — came to Cruz’s defense:
1/2 Any suggestion @tedcruz was referring to 9/11 is absurd- he was obviously referring to the liberal values of NY politicians such as…
— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) January 18, 2016
2/2 …liberal NY politicians like @BilldeBlasio @HillaryClinton @realDonaldTrump @NYGovCuomo @chuckschumer
— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) January 18, 2016
Good for him.
Boom! https://t.co/GTcG0Bpc7e
— Shane Becknell (@blakespop) January 18, 2016
@GovernorPataki Thank you, Governor Pataki!
— Leslie Sureda (@weswieann) January 18, 2016
Thank you, Governor. https://t.co/A0RFKDjYmq
— AmericanInkling (@AmericanInkling) January 18, 2016
Bravo for having the guts to say the truth! https://t.co/Aj3B4ehbLd
— The Thinking Voter (@AbieRubin) January 18, 2016
Oh, and don’t think we didn’t notice this:
Gotta love the former Republican Governor of New York accurately lumping Trump in with this cast of characters. https://t.co/iddlbFS4vj
— Corie Whalen (@CorieWhalen) January 18, 2016
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‘Yikes’: Donald Trump uses 9/11 image to denounce Ted Cruz for ‘New York values’ remark
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