--- title: Republican Debate: Trump Defends New Yorkers Against Cruz description: Trump fired back at Cruz for his comments about the billionaire's "New York values" canonical: https://time.com/4181975/republican-debate-trump-defends-new-york/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-15T04:11:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:26.360Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Invokes 9/11 to Defend 'New York Values' From Ted Cruz og:description: Trump fired back at Cruz for his comments about the billionaire's "New York values." og:url: https://time.com/4181975/republican-debate-trump-defends-new-york/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2269fb24295e5091/6988794ff887dc8a98e942a5/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-005.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Invokes 9/11 to Defend 'New York Values' From Ted Cruz twitter:description: Trump fired back at Cruz for his comments about the billionaire's "New York values." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2269fb24295e5091/6988794ff887dc8a98e942a5/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-005.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Invokes 9/11 to Defend 'New York Values' From Ted Cruz > Sponsored content. 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Clary—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 15, 2016 4:11 AM UTC Proud New Yorker Donald Trump defended his hometown Thursday [at the Republican Debate](http://time.com/4179941/republican-debate-charleston-fox/). Texas Sen. Ted Cruz defended his remarks about Trump’s “New York values,” which the billionaire took as a negative remark towards the Big Apple. Trump fired back with praise of the city’s handling of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, saying “when the World Trade Center came down, I saw something that no place on Earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than New York.” “And the people in New York fought and fought and fought. We saw more death and even the smell of death, nobody understood it and it was with us for months; the smell, the air,” continued Trump. “And we rebuilt downtown Manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved New York and loved New Yorkers. 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