The Daily News blasts Ted Cruz: 'DROP DEAD'

The New York Daily News blasts Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz in a new Friday cover, telling the Texas senator to "DROP DEAD, TED."

The rest of the cover is no kinder to Cruz - "Hey, Cruz: You don't like N.Y. values? Go back to Canada." It also features a large image of the Statue of Liberty giving the middle finger.

Here's what the cover looks like:

The Daily News published this in the wake of Cruz's remarks linking Republican rival Donald Trump to what he termed "New York values," which he defined in a presidential debate Thursday night.

"Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal, are pro-abortion, are pro-gay-marriage, focused around money and the media," Cruz said, doubling down on comments made earlier this week.

Trump defended his home town in Thursday's debate, citing the city's reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

"He insulted a lot of people," Trump said of Cruz. "When the World Trade Center came down, I saw something that no place on Earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than New York."

The Daily News' cover also references questions about Cruz' eligibility to be president, as he was born in Canada to an American mother.

Friday's cover recalls one of the Daily News' most famous covers - "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" - published in 1975 after then-president Gerald Ford denied New York City a federal bailout to avoid bankruptcy.