GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz took some time off from dodging allegations that he murdered seven people in California in the 1960s to learn all about our New York Values firsthand, now that it turns out he needs us to vote for him. So, he went to The Bronx, a place that's home to many of the immigrants Cruz has pledged to toss out. Shockingly, things didn't go too well.

Cruz was invited to dine at a Bronx restaurant in the South Bronx by Christian minister and noted homophobe State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., and according to the Post, only about a dozen voters showed up. A chunk of those voters appeared to be protestors who took issue with Cruz's various political stances and hopefully also his dedication to ruining Broadway showtunes for the rest of us.

“He is anti-immigrant. He denies climate change. He’s a right-winged bigot and he’s not welcomed here,” one protester told the tabloid, leaving out the fact that he also has a weird face, hates avocados, and once desecrated Green Eggs & Ham in public.

Cruz also attempted to scare children at the Bronx Lighthouse Preparatory Academy on Intervale Avenue, but students threatened a walkout. "We told her if he came here, we would schedule a walkout," said Destiny Domeneck, 16. "Most of us are immigrants or come from immigrant backgrounds. Ted Cruz goes against everything our school stands for."

Note that Cruz still doesn't like New York. "Let’s be clear. The people of New York know what those values are, the values of liberal Democratic politicians like Andrew Cuomo, like Anthony Weiner, like Eliot Spitzer, like Charlie Rangel, all of whom Donald Trump has supported, given tens of thousands of dollars to throughout the years,” he said this week. "If you want to know what liberal Democratic values are, follow Donald Trump’s checkbook." Ted Cruz's checkbook, meanwhile, has likely been in San Francisco Police Department custody since the 1970s.

Other people who seemed displeased by Cruz's presence in our midst include Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., (Ruben Diaz Sr.'s son), who called Cruz a "hypocrite"; and Mayor Bill de Blasio, who took issue with a statement Cruz made this week about how he "cheered" when NYPD officers turned their backs on the mayor during the funeral for slain officer Rafael Ramos. "Be a man," spokeswoman Karen Hinton told Cruz through the media, which in all fairness, he certainly already is, though a very hated one.

Anyway, the moral of the story is, no one here seems to likes Ted Cruz that much.

Tomorrow's front page:

TAKE THE F U TRAIN, TED! Cruz jeered in bungled Bronx tour: https://t.co/dwbsQfjC54 pic.twitter.com/oq9gVz6gNC — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 7, 2016



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