--- title: New Ted Cruz Ad Attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values' description: The spot doubles down on criticism of Donald Trump as a New Yorker canonical: https://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-26T00:09:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:26:08.455Z article:section: Politics og:title: New Ted Cruz Ad Attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values' og:description: The spot doubles down on criticism of Trump as a New Yorker og:url: https://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c23e86ce1082f6/69887a8dcd1bba15bb6ff18e/donald-trump-ted-cruz.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Ted Cruz Ad Attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values' twitter:description: The spot doubles down on criticism of Trump as a New Yorker twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c23e86ce1082f6/69887a8dcd1bba15bb6ff18e/donald-trump-ted-cruz.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Ted Cruz Ad Attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values' by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 26, 2016 12:09 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speak during a commercial break in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina. Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speak during a commercial break in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 26, 2016 12:09 AM UTC A [new ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt3P73y1dHc) from Ted Cruz’s campaign takes aim at Donald Trump, painting the candidate as the wrong choice for [Iowa](http://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/) conservatives. The spot—paid for by Cruz’s campaign and not, like many other attack ads this cycle, by a PAC—highlights clips of Trump saying he is pro-choice and explaining, “I lived in New York City in Manhattan all my life, so, you know, my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa.” The ad also has a clip from a November rally when Trump asked “[How stupid are the people of Iowa?](http://time.com/4111443/trump-carson-child-molesting/)” The ad doubles down on Cruz’s previous criticism of Trump, pointing out that his are “New York values—not ours.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/"},"headline":"New Ted Cruz Ad Attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values'","datePublished":"2016-01-26T00:09:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:26:08.455Z","description":"The spot doubles down on criticism of Trump as a New Yorker","url":"https://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/","keywords":["2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c23e86ce1082f6/69887a8dcd1bba15bb6ff18e/donald-trump-ted-cruz.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c23e86ce1082f6/69887a8dcd1bba15bb6ff18e/donald-trump-ted-cruz.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston","caption":"GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4193489/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values-ad/","name":"New Ted Cruz Ad Attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values'"}}]}] ```