The first Republican debate of 2016 turned into a clash between the New York billionaire and the ultra-right Texas Senator.
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Ted Cruz (left) and Donald Trump on the occasion of the Republican debate on January 14.
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“Few conservatives come from Manhattan.” Ted Cruz, the ultra-right Texas Senator, had prepared a formula he thought unstoppable to discredit Donald Trump, his New York rival for the Republican nomination. On the stage of the first Republican debate in North Charleston, South Carolina, he sharply criticized New York’s “progressive” values, money and the media, according to him. The New York billionaire was prepared and his response to Ted Cruz was scathing. “We have rebuilt southern Manhattan,” replied Donald Trump, invoking the horror of the attacks of September 11, 2001. “Everyone loved New York and New Yorkers. And I must tell you: Ted was very insulting. “
