I’ve read some of de Blasio’s recent warnings (not just this one). He mentions Jews a lot, and Christians somewhat. But never Muslims. Perhaps he’s dreaming of the good old days.
Posted on 04/29/2020 2:05:19 PM PDT by Kaslin
First Liberty Institute, one of the nation's top religious liberty law firms, issued a strong condemnation of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's targeting of the Jewish community.
De Blasio rushed to the scene of a rabbi's funeral and ordered police to break up a massive gathering of Orthodox Jews, the New York Post reported.
The mayor instructed police to make arrests if necessary - even though organizers of the funeral said they had received approval from City Hall to hold the gathering.
“My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed,” the mayor wrote on Twitter. “I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.”
First Liberty Institute president Kelly Shackelford called the mayor's actions "outrageous, vile and dangerous."
"His words condemning an entire religious community during a time of extreme stress and tension invites division and hostility, not unity. We strongly condemn Mayor de Blasio for his harmful words," Shackelford said. "First Liberty Institute will represent, for free, any member of the NYPD who is punished by the Mayor’s office for refusing to follow Mayor de Blasio’s unlawful and immoral order.”
First Liberty Institute, one of the nation's top religious liberty law firms, issued a strong condemnation of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's targeting of the Jewish community.
De Blasio rushed to the scene of a rabbi's funeral and ordered police to break up a massive gathering of Orthodox Jews, the New York Post reported.
The mayor instructed police to make arrests if necessary - even though organizers of the funeral said they had received approval from City Hall to hold the gathering.
“My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed,” the mayor wrote on Twitter. “I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.”
First Liberty Institute president Kelly Shackelford called the mayor's actions "outrageous, vile and dangerous."
"His words condemning an entire religious community during a time of extreme stress and tension invites division and hostility, not unity. We strongly condemn Mayor de Blasio for his harmful words," Shackelford said. "First Liberty Institute will represent, for free, any member of the NYPD who is punished by the Mayor’s office for refusing to follow Mayor de Blasio’s unlawful and immoral order.”
The NYPD did not report any arrests nor were any of the Jews slapped with summonses, the New York Post reported.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted the mayor’s attack on Jews.
“Would DeBlasio have sent this identical tweet with the word ‘Jewish’ replaced by any other religious minority? If not, why not? Laws should be enforced neutrally w/o targeting religious faith. #ProtectFreeExercise,” he tweeted.
The mayor's behavior is beyond appalling and it smacks of anti-Semitism.
I hope every Catholic and Protestant in New York City will rise up in defiance of this godless tyrant and stand alongside their Jewish neighbors.
We cannot and we must not tolerate anti-Semitism – especially at City Hall.
That’s OK - he knows jews will vote 75%+ for democrats in the fall election anyways.
C’mon DoucheBagio, do it!
Let’s round up the joooz!
Herr Wilhelm speaks!
“it smacks of anti-Semitism”
Reeks of it, actually. I need to take another shower. It’s the religious flavor of anti-Semitism, though, so that makes it acceptable in some people’s minds.
If Muslims are gathering in their thousands for a funeral in New York City they are managing to do it in secret.
They’re not.
Sadly that’s true. Secular Jews in NYC think their religion is the Democratic Party and they hate Orthodox Jews anyway.
I’ve read some of de Blasio’s recent warnings (not just this one). He mentions Jews a lot, and Christians somewhat. But never Muslims. Perhaps he’s dreaming of the good old days.
“I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups.”
What actual statute is being violated here? What law do they cite? “Because I said so”?
“jews will vote 75%+ for democrats in the fall election anyways.”
One of the great mysteries of all time isn’t it? Never understood that.
Democrats are evil.
Frightening.
Check the mosques on Fridays; they’re there in the many hundreds for prayers to Satan.
He’s making them wear masks now; they’ll be wearing something else before too long.
Yet it’s the Orthodox who are setting up food pantries, making extra PPE, etc.
I believe it’s called mitzvot. (I’m not Jewish, I’m a Baptist ).
And a number of Christian groups are doing the same.
But then good can only come from the government, we can’t have people volunteering on their own initiative. Especially religious folk. Perfect example of totalitarian thinking.
Keep doing mitzvot.
He happens to be right about this, much as I hate to admit it because I don’t like Blasio and do like the orthodox Jews.
Also, one of his first comments, back in early March, was “Don’t take the subway.”
He couldn’t stop it from running but he warned people about the danger to their health. The subway immediately emptied out, from one day to the next.
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