He was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition today. My favorite part of the interview was when they asked how he knew there were “outside agitators” and he said “I just had a gut reaction”.
My second favorite was when they asked what made him decide to go in, and he said “when I learned that one of the outside agitators’s husband was arrested for federal terrorism charges”.
Not someone who was actually there, not someone who was tried or convicted or sentenced, but one person who was present is married to someone who was once arrested for federal terrorism charges, and I assume released with charges dropped since he only said “arrested”.
I would’ve preferred Wiley but either her or Garcia would’ve made loads better as a mayor.
Problem is there was this constant barrage of news stories tilting the election in his favor: deliberate fearmongering about crime to pump up his popularity.
Such bullshit but it was definitely enough to swing 7k votes… if not 70k+.
He was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition today. My favorite part of the interview was when they asked how he knew there were “outside agitators” and he said “I just had a gut reaction”.
My second favorite was when they asked what made him decide to go in, and he said “when I learned that one of the outside agitators’s husband was arrested for federal terrorism charges”.
Not someone who was actually there, not someone who was tried or convicted or sentenced, but one person who was present is married to someone who was once arrested for federal terrorism charges, and I assume released with charges dropped since he only said “arrested”.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248634146/columbia-university-mayor-eric-adams-nypd-student-arrests
I like a lot of things about New York, but they really don’t know how to pick a mayor.
He won by 7k votes in a city of 8 million.
404,513 to 397,316.
I would’ve preferred Wiley but either her or Garcia would’ve made loads better as a mayor.
Problem is there was this constant barrage of news stories tilting the election in his favor: deliberate fearmongering about crime to pump up his popularity.
Such bullshit but it was definitely enough to swing 7k votes… if not 70k+.
The population of NYC is 8 million, and they had fewer than 1M votes for mayor? That, like, 12.5%.
Even if you limit it to just citizen population, I found that number to be 6-7 million. Thats still only a 14-16% voter turnout.
The fuck?
That was technically the primary. That’s 1M registered Democrats - which you had to be to vote.
Okay, but he’s not exactly the first terrible mayor New York has had in the past 50 years or so.
He’s not, but he’s the first one elected using ranked choice.