With three words presidential hopeful Ted Cruz made one of the greatest cities in the world hate him, briefly united his Democratic rivals and launched a trending hashtag. New Yorkers and New Yorkers at heart, famous and otherwise, are letting him have it with #NewYorkValues after his comments at the GOP debate Thursday.

Georgia native Justin Guarini, the runner-up in the first “American Idol” season, sort of captured the mood with this tweet.

Singer and actress Audra McDonald fired back at Cruz with a series of tweets illustrating the greatness of New Yorkers.

Mia Farrow let photos do the talking for her:

If there’s a silver lining, it might be this sliver of bipartisanship.

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