--- title: Donald Trump Hits Ted Cruz on 'New York Values' at Rally description: Donald Trump hit Ted Cruz where it hurt during a rally on Long Island, by invoking his previous disparaging comment about "New York values." canonical: https://time.com/4284560/donald-trump-new-york-values-ted-cruz/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-07T00:28:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:57.134Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Slams Cruz for 'New York Values' Comment at Long Island Rally og:description: "These are my people" og:url: https://time.com/4284560/donald-trump-new-york-values-ted-cruz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta56b479e9327beae/69888e153c163998ee45cbfb/donald-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Bethpage, New York on April 6, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Slams Cruz for 'New York Values' Comment at Long Island Rally twitter:description: "These are my people" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta56b479e9327beae/69888e153c163998ee45cbfb/donald-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Slams Cruz for 'New York Values' Comment at Long Island Rally > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: TV Ad New York Values.mp4 [Watch (HLS stream): TV Ad New York Values.mp4](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wxp6QUcr.m3u8) (0:30)  _Published 2016-01-25_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 7, 2016 12:28 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Bethpage, New York on April 6, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Bethpage, New York on April 6, 2016. Carlo Allegri—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 7, 2016 12:28 AM UTC Donald Trump hit Ted Cruz where it hurt during a rally on Long Island Wednesday night, by invoking his previous disparaging comment about “New York values.” “Do you remember during the debate when he started lecturing me on New York values, like we’re no good?” Trump asked his enthusiastic, 10,000 person crowd in Bethpage, N.Y. “And I started talking to him about the World Trade Center and the bravery, the incredible bravery of everybody… We all lived through it. We all know people who died. And I got this guy standing over there, looking at me, talking about New York values with scorn on his face, with hatred of New York.” “So folks,” Trump said, “I think you can forget about him.” The crowd in Bethpage immediately burst into a chant of “Lyin’ Ted, Lyin’ Ted.” **Read Next:** [Ted Cruz Embraces Economic Populism in Interview with TIME](http://time.com/4283539/ted-cruz-interview-economic-populism-working-class/?xid=homepage) At a debate in January, Texas Sen. Cruz criticized Trump for having “[New York values](http://time.com/4182887/ted-cruz-new-york-values-donald-trump-republican-debate/),” which he defined as “socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro- gay-marriage, \[and\] focus around money and the media.” Cruz later [doubled down on the attack in an ad](http://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/?iid=sr-link1) that repeated the “New York values” line. Trump will likely continue to use this comment to his advantage leading up to New York’s primary on April 19. At Wednesday’s rally, Trump, who is originally from New York and still lives there, played up his affinity for his home state. He began the event by saying, “It’s great to be home. 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