SNL Mocks Ted “New York Values” Cruz [VIDEO]

Via Salon:

Saturday Night Live was merciless in its mockery of the 6th Republican Debate that was on Fox Business News on Thursday. The cold opening of the show featured Fox moderators claiming that if at any point poll numbers dropped during the debate a loud gong would sound and they’d be pulled off stage. If only the real debates were like that, maybe more people would watch.

Of course, SNL had to go after Ted Cruz’s viral statement about New York values. “I think most people know exactly what New York values are,” he began. “And, frankly, they are not the rest of the country’s values. Instead of celebrating Christmas, New Yorkers celebrate a Pagan holiday called Festivus. Instead of watching American football, they challenge each other to masturbation contests. In New York, people don’t say hi to their neighbors, they say, ‘hello, Newman…’” The moderators were confused saying it sounded an awful lot like he was talking about the TV show Seinfeld. “Believe me, if I could say liberal Jews, I would.”