New York Republican Congressman, Peter King is boycotting state GOP Lincoln dinner tomorrow night featuring Texas Senator Ted Cruz as guest speaker. Mr. King is baffled that fellow New York Republicans decided to honor a Texas senator, after opposing Hurricane Sandy disaster aid to New York.

“I don’t think we should be acknowledging people who are voting against us in our hour of need,” King told BuzzFeed of his decision to not attend the dinner.

“Once I found it was him I decided not to go. I don’t know if I would have gone or not because of scheduling things but that made it easy once I found out it was Ted Cruz,” King explained.

GOP chairman Ed Cox defended Cruz’s appearance at the dinner, arguing the Senator supported aid for Sandy victims, but that Senate Democrats had filled the bill with “pork,” and that’s why he had voted against it.

“Ted Cruz made it absolutely clear he was all for Sandy aid but he was against the pork which was stuffed in there by the Democrats and that’s what he was voting against,” Cox said. “This is very much going to be about growth and opportunity, showing the diversity that is the Republican Party here in New York State.”