Fan of both Trump and Cruz in that order.
The thing to avoid is bashing an entire state in a sound byte. Everyone who was born and raised in a certain state is usually very proud of where they came from. Most people of all political backgrounds are probably proud to have been born and raised in New York. The broad stroke of making ‘New York Values’ as a negative makes native New Yorkers upset.
Just as someone who would say ‘Florida Values’ or ‘Texas Values’ in a negative light would upset people who are from or live in the state that was insulted. No matter what Trumps response was, Cruz might want to recognize that Americans are both proud of their Country and State, in that order. Not all of the time, but some of the time. Cruz worded his insult in the wrong way. He attempted to link Trump to negative liberal New York Media by using the term ‘New York Values’. But the link did not resonate and in addition the Liberal New York media goes after Trump in a negative way day in and day out. Instead, New Yorkers felt he was directing his comments at the citizens of New York. Not the Democrat Liberal Media and liberal politicians, who are head quartered in New York which was his intention. But the other issue is both the Democrat Liberal Media and New York politicians are anti Trump, so again the argument will not resonate.
Well stated, thank you