‘New York values’ jab backfires on Cruz in state primary
US presidential candidate Ted Cruz has come in third in New York’s Republican primary, behind Donald Trump and John Kasich.
Trump, the bombastic frontrunner whose controversial campaign has horrified the Republican establishment, cruised to a convincing victory in his home state, trouncing his two rivals in Tuesday’s crucial primary.
The win will get Trump closer to the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nomination before the Republican National Convention.
“We're going to end at a very high level and get a lot more delegates than anybody projected even in their wildest imaginations,” the real estate mogul said in a victory speech from Trump Tower. “We're going to go into the convention I think as the winner.”
Cruz, who may end up receiving zero delegates from New York state, was not helped by his previous assault on “New York values.”
The Texas senator first offered a rebuke of New York’s liberal culture in January right after he won the Iowa caucuses, the first content in the 2016 presidential race.
“As I travel the country here in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, everyone knows what New York values are,” he said shortly after delivering his victory speech.
Cruz drew loud protests in the Bronx borough of New York City early this month when he tried to characterize his “values” comment as an attack on New York Democrats.
On the Democratic side, frontrunner Hillary Clinton won by a decisive double-digit margin in New York, where he formerly served as a senator.
"You've proved once again there's no place like home," Clinton told her supporters in Manhattan.
Independents were barred from participating in the primary. Only New York's 5.8 million Democrats and 2.7 million Republicans who registered by last October were eligible to vote.
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