Ted Cruz Had the Absolute Worst Day Campaigning in New York City

Heckled, Cruz Was Called ‘Hypocrite,’ ‘Misogynistic, Homophobic, and Racist’

Ted Cruz on Wednesday toured the Bronx, amid protestors yelling, “This is an immigrant community,” and attacks by Democratic Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. calling him “a hypocrite,” who “offended New Yorkers.” Diaz also accused Cruz of coming to New York and the Bronx “looking for money and votes.”

“Just because he has a Hispanic last name does not mean he’s Hispanic,” hairstylist Edna Ferrer said, according to the New York Daily News. “His mind is white.”

As Cruz made his way to a platform with his Ted Cruz logo background, it was New Yorkers opposed to the Texas Tea Party Senator who took the stage.

“We are an immigrant community,” one man, speaking Spanish, told reporters (video). As he stood on stage and pointed at Cruz’s logo, he angrily called Cruz “a racist who represents the white supremacy.”

“We’re not going to let that in our community. It’s that simple.”

Those Bronx protestors we’re the only ones who refused to let Cruz into their community. A group of high school seniors at the Bronx Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy, a charter school, wrote Principal Alix Duggins saying if a scheduled Ted Cruz visit to their school was not canceled, they would stage a walkout.

“We told her if he came here, we would schedule a walkout,” Destiny Domeneck, 16, told the NY Daily News. “Most of us are immigrants or come from immigrant backgrounds. Ted Cruz goes against everything our school stands for.”

In their letter, the students called Cruz “misogynistic, homophobic, and racist.”

It worked.

“Your points are eloquently argued — in fact, so eloquently argued that upon reading your email, Khori Whittaker, the CEO of Lighthouse Academies has agreed to cancel the visit,” Duggins told the students.

The letter was indeed impressive:

Hello Ms. Duggins,

A group of students will be leaving during 4th period, as act of civil disobedience in regards to the arrival of Ted Cruz to BLCPA. We have all considered the consequences of our actions and are willing to accept them. We respect you and all the staff at BLCPA as well as the expected guests. But we want you to understand that as passionate students, we have ideas and principles that should be heard and respected. This walk out isn’t a reflection of our discontent with BLCPA but our opportunity to stand up for our community and future. This walk out is taking place because we as students all share a common idea. 

The presence of Ted Cruz and the ideas he stands for are offensive. His views are against ours and are actively working to harm us, our community, and the people we love. He is misogynistic, homophobic, and racist. He has used vulgar language, gestures, and profanity directed at a scholar and staff members, along with harassing and posing threats to staff and scholars according to the Disciplinary Referral slip. This is not to be taken kiddingly or as a joke. We are students who feel the need and right to not be passive to such disrespect.

After all this, The New York Daily News was only too happy to publish this as their front page Thursday morning:

Maybe Cruz will think twice before attacking “New York values” again?