CARTOON: “Cruz In New York”

From Clay Jones on his political cartoon “Cruz In New York,” how Ted Cruz is paying for his New York Values” statement, and fagoli

It was a few months ago when Ted Cruz attacked Donald Trump for having “New York values.” That went over pretty well in the sticks of Iowa and is the sort of insult that appeals to the rube voter. Now Cruz is in New York.

After making his “New York Values” insult, Cruz said it wasn’t hard to figure out what it meant and that people in South Carolina knew what it meant. Now, despite it not being hard to figure out, Ted is spinning his definition as something directed toward New York big city liberals. No matter how terribly he views New York, he wants some of its 90 delegates. Cruz is handing this awkwardness about as well as someone who just asked a non-pregnant woman when is her baby due.

Cruz visited the Bronx on Wednesday where he might have been greeted a bit nicer than Hitler would have been walking through a Warsaw Ghetto. Cruz was shouted at in a variety of languages as he was met by protesters. One stated “Ted Cruz has no business being in the Bronx, this is an immigrant community.” He had to cancel a visit to a Bronx high school Thursday as students threatened to walk out. Many in the five boroughs are telling Ted what he can do with his photo op. Too bad there’s not a primary in Canada.

New Yorkers aren’t in love with Donald Trump either. But in a race against Cruz, he’s pulling in over 50 percent in the most recent polls. I guess they can forgive the fact that he uses a fork to eat a New York slice. He held a rally that was greeted by protesters but also left many supporters unable to squeeze into the room. Suddenly, Trump’s New Yorker accent got a lot thicker. “This guy, he talks about us like we ain’t no good.”

John Kasich stands no chance to win in New York, but he does know how to experience the city. Ohio’s governor visited Mike’s Deli in the Bronx and got food busy. He ate two plates of spaghetti bolognese. That would have been lunch for me, but Kasich didn’t stop there. Next he tackled a sandwich called the Yankee Stadium Big Boy, which contains mozzarella and four types of meat. The sandwich was huge. He then had some pasta fagioli and a little red wine. Kasich left the deli wiping sweat off his brow. If he’s anything like me, he went into a food coma and needed a nap later. Damn. Now I’m hungry.

Cruz also visited Mike’s Deli on Wednesday where he was told how to eat a sandwich. Apparently it’s bad luck to place it upside down (I always do that whether it’s a sandwich or a burger. Uh oh!).

When Cruz made his remark on New York values, we had yet to have a primary. Since then, he lost big where he was supposed to win: the South. Evangelicals voted for Trump. How about that, Ted? All of a sudden, Cruz needs New York. If Cruz had done better in the South, he wouldn’t even be campaigning in New York today. But hey, Ted, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. You ain’t gonna make it. There’s four more boroughs in the city, and I think I can speak for everyone when I say that you should visit each of them. The New York Daily News splashed across their front page, “Take the FU train, Ted.” Good idea. Don’t expect to use tokens.

I think it’s safe to bet that neither Trump nor Cruz would ever eat anything named “fagioli.”

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