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NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection bid and casts Zohran Mamdani as having a ‘silver spoon’
AP News ^ | June 26, 2025 | Anthony Izaguirre & Jennifer Pelt

Posted on 06/27/2025 9:44:13 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

New York Mayor Eric Adams set out Thursday to persuade skeptical voters to grant him a second term, hosting a kickoff event for his independent reelection bid after a corruption indictment, a controversial dismissal and a decision to drop out of a the Democratic primary.

On the steps of City Hall, Adams rattled off his political accomplishments while punctuating his speech with barbs for the expected Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani, casting the young liberal as a child of privilege with no real political achievements or realistic policies.

“This election is a choice between a candidate with a blue collar” and one with a “silver spoon,” Adams said.

“A choice between dirty fingernails and manicured nails,” he added.

Two days ago, progressive upstart Mamdani declared a stunning Democratic primary victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the presumed favorite despite a sexual harassment scandal that forced him from office four years ago.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: adams; curtissliwa; ericadams; kathyhochul; mamdani; newyorkcity; nyc; zohranmamdani
Good angle. Now needs realistic proposals.
1 posted on 06/27/2025 9:44:13 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

No kidding. The dude’s bikini is a three piece suit.


2 posted on 06/27/2025 9:46:22 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It is EXACTLY how you would position a plant to take over a country with islam and make our country a slave to the pedophiles.


3 posted on 06/27/2025 9:46:23 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Good! Adams must win. I actually think he will. I didn’t realize until today that the general mayor race doesn’t allow rank voting. Only the primaries.


4 posted on 06/27/2025 9:51:24 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

What a choice

Adams is a corrupt machine democrat who thought he could make big $$ off the migrant scam.

But at least he’s not a globalist-marxist-Davos plant.

He’ll get the support of Wall Street, NY moderates and even Trump and the GOP


5 posted on 06/27/2025 9:51:41 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Young people in MYC with crappy job prospects after getting good college, degrees, no real hope of owning property, paying 5,000 a month for a decent house or living with a bunch of people to be able to afford it, leftist maniacs and the 40% foreign born voting population in NYc
Have no freaking idea what a silver spoon references

I personally have a silver cup, monogrammed. My people were from a silver spoon gang

My cousins don’t even get this reference

Adams needs to get with the program or let a competent person come in or NYC will be either destroyed or learn the hard way that socialism is not free stuff. It’s paying for the leaders to live in castles, take helicopters around town, allow illegal immigrants with no regard door the host city to take over

What a marroon!


6 posted on 06/27/2025 9:52:23 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: napscoordinator

Ahab is getting the David Duke treatment.


7 posted on 06/27/2025 9:52:48 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Still early in the campaign, so everyone’s trying to avoide publicly using ‘The M. Word’ (Muslim!!).
Pretty soon, that Mastodon sized Elephant in the room will demand to be acknowledged, whether it makes people ‘uncomfortable’ or not.

The nanosecond Mamdani is elected as Mayor (heaven forbid!), the polite veneer of Taquiya will be over and done with. No more need to pretend to be civilized, lighthearted and/or magnanimous.


8 posted on 06/27/2025 9:58:07 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Mayor Addams needs to address why he did not do more about Atty. Bragg’s No Bail policies, that are allowing scores of violent offenders to walk free after being witnessed in their crimes.


9 posted on 06/27/2025 10:02:16 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: PGR88
Adams is a corrupt machine democrat who thought he could make big $$ off the migrant scam.

True, but as a corrupt transactional Democrat, he is now in a transaction with Trump and will play ball with the Trump Administration. And he probably hates his party for rejecting him so harshly. I still think he's a long shot (not as much so now that the Commie is the Dem candidate), but his win would be good.

10 posted on 06/27/2025 10:05:32 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: PGR88

Between 1995 and 2002, Eric Adams was a registered Republican.

https://marketrealist.com/p/was-eric-adams-a-republican/


11 posted on 06/27/2025 10:08:04 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: napscoordinator

Adamas is just as much Deep State as Mamdani.

Deep State has ensured that voters have no choice that is MAGA.


12 posted on 06/27/2025 10:09:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

The only prayers NYSers have at the moment is for Pres. Trump to send the DOJ in to clean up Albany and Gotham.


13 posted on 06/27/2025 10:10:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: PGR88
Adams and Donald Trump are friends. Adams has never been a never Trumper.

14 posted on 06/27/2025 10:11:38 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: stanne

“Born with a silver spoon in his mouth” is an old fashioned class warfare jibe. Most voters over a certain age will get it. The Muslim and 9/11 terrorist sympathizer angles will be there too, but unstated.


15 posted on 06/27/2025 12:00:13 PM PDT by katana
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Can a New York City Mayor candidate win the election by plurality, or is a majority run off necessary?

Current Mayor Eric Adams presence in the election as an Independent might give a strong GOP candidate a chance to win a plurality.

16 posted on 06/27/2025 12:02:47 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: PGR88

Sliwa needs to drop out.


17 posted on 06/27/2025 12:35:44 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: Hildy
Sliwa needs to drop out.

Amen. Praying for moderates and conservatives and non socialist liberals to unite around Mayor Adams.

18 posted on 06/27/2025 1:18:59 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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