COLUMBIA, S.C. — A day after ripping into Donald Trump’s “New York values” onstage in the latest GOP debate, Ted Cruz trolled the New Yorkers who want an apology.
“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio have all demanded an apology and I am happy to apologize,” Cruz told reporters after an event at the University of South Carolina. “I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers who have been let down by liberal politicians in that state.”
Cruz didn’t go after Trump — or New Yorkers — during the event itself. But he leaned hard into highlighting his conservative Christian views, an implicit contrast with the more secular Trump as he looks to rally voters in the deeply religious southern state. Read more…
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