New York City is taking no guff from Sen. Ted Cruz.

At least that is the case for the New York Daily News, which used the front page of its Friday issue to slam the conservative Texas senator, who in turn blasted wealthy businessman and Republican front-runner Donald Trump over his so-called New York values.

The paper’s cover delivers a graphic of the Statue of Liberty making an obscene gesture with one finger and this headline: “Drop Dead Ted.”

The cover, a riff on the paper’s famous “Ford to City: Drop Dead” headline from 1975, came after Republican contenders locked horns in a debate in South Carolina Thursday night—likely the last debate before the Iowa caucuses kick off the nominating process on Feb. 1.

During one heated clash, Cruz tried to raise doubts about Trump’s legitimacy as a Republican candidate. “I think most people know exactly what New York values are,” Cruz said. “Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal.”

In response, Daily News columnist Mike Lupica pointed to a man who gave the shirt off his back to another man in need on a Manhattan subway.

Here’s Lupica’s summation of his views:

The best of this city is the best of this country, and always has been. When it was hit in a way that no American city had ever been hit, it came together and rose up together in a moment as thrilling as any America had ever seen.

Trump offered his own sharp rebuttal during the debate: “We rebuilt downtown Manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved New York and loved New Yorkers. And I have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that Ted made.”

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To be sure, the Daily News is no Trump booster. In a recent cover, the paper took Trump to task for suggesting a ban of all Muslims attempting to enter the U.S.

According to the results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Trump continues to lead among Republican candidates with the real-estate mogul appearing as the first choice for 33% of would-be Republican primary voters compared with 20% for Cruz.