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De Blasio doubles down on 'redistribute wealth' remark: 'Fox News got it exactly right'
The Hill ^ | 12/21/20 03:02 PM EST | BY ZACK BUDRYK

Posted on 12/22/2020 3:21:47 AM PST by RandFan

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio mocked Fox News’s coverage of remarks he made last week in which he said he sees “redistribut[ing] wealth” as part of his mission in overseeing the city's education system.

Addressing underserved neighborhoods in the city and those hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout, de Blasio said in a Monday briefing “we’ve got to right the wrong by making them the priority. So that’s what we will be doing as we go into 2021, as we go into the next school year.”

De Blasio said the network “apparently was very interested” in his Friday remarks on redistribution. “I’m going to say it one more time in case Fox News is watching again: ‘NYC mayor sees the redistribution of wealth as an important factor toward ending structural racism in education,’ ” de Blasio said, quoting the Fox News headline.

“Exactly right. I don’t get to say it very often, but Fox News got it exactly right. Amen,” de Blasio said. “We are going to fight structural racism through redistribution, so Fox News, congratulations, fair and balanced coverage right there.”

“If we think we’re going to deal with structural racism and segregation without redistribution of wealth, we’re kidding ourselves,” the mayor added. “Nothing changes unless you put the resources behind it.”


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio; nyc
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This man is a real Communist...
1 posted on 12/22/2020 3:21:47 AM PST by RandFan
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He said undeserving, not underserved


2 posted on 12/22/2020 3:24:42 AM PST by knarf (The Constitution protects the right to peaceably assemble, not to protest)
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To: RandFan

Along with communism comes lies.


3 posted on 12/22/2020 3:30:38 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: RandFan

He is an opportunistic dope that needs to be at the end of a rope


4 posted on 12/22/2020 3:32:34 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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I wonder where you could find a black person who emigrated from the United States to Russia during the ‘30s so he could tell the mayor and the rest of us about how Lenin and Stalin solved those sorts of problems. Bit of a tough proposition as I read that most (if not all of them) were marched into labour camps and died there.


5 posted on 12/22/2020 3:34:35 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: existentially_kuffer

pretty sure he was fraudulently elected....there are lots of hard working nose to the dirty grindstone people even in NYC and I don’t think they would put up with shinola.


6 posted on 12/22/2020 3:36:11 AM PST by cherry (TRUMP WON!)
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To: RandFan

At least the term limit law won’t let him run again in 2021. They will also have ranked choice jungle primaries, so we’ll see if this system yields someone who is not as horrible.


7 posted on 12/22/2020 3:36:36 AM PST by Krosan
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Bill de Blasio attempts to defend his wife’s $1.1M salary for staff

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-defends-wife-staff-salary


8 posted on 12/22/2020 3:37:07 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: RandFan

It will be an interesting experiment as we watch it fail spectacularly.....

The only question is how catastrophic the damage will be, it will be played out on the biggest stage possible given it’s NYC, The Big Apple....the biggest media market in the world and the home of the financial capital of the world....


9 posted on 12/22/2020 3:43:15 AM PST by srmanuel (It)
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He is redistributing an amazing amount of wealth from New York City to red states.

(As for New York City coming back - some are saying it will be 3-5 years. I think 300-500 years, if ever. The demographics have changed since Giuliani was elected. Nobody who is capable of being elected mayor now will be able to reverse the decline.)

10 posted on 12/22/2020 3:43:23 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before" - Frank Rizzo)
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Where’s Dick Butkus when you need him? Commies are fair game too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsWqX2LgXN4


11 posted on 12/22/2020 4:01:41 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Detroit has never come back from racist commie coleman young and his corrupt police chief phil hart. Thug racist blm kkk kwame kilpatrick did damage also. See what can happen with bad government?

Current Michigan Mussolini W hitler and AG Dana Nessel are running the entire state now like Young & Hart. Many more innocent citizens are affected by these ECONOMIC TERRORISTS.


12 posted on 12/22/2020 4:07:48 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Just imagine is the next Mayor of NYC is even worse


13 posted on 12/22/2020 4:10:33 AM PST by srmanuel (It)
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But the media says they’re not socialists and only do this because they care /s


14 posted on 12/22/2020 4:14:14 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: RandFan

He’s always been a “real communist.” So is every other liberal piece of trash in America. It’s just that America has fallen so far so fast, nobody tries to hide it anymore.


15 posted on 12/22/2020 4:14:16 AM PST by LouAvul (The wheels of America are coming off and the media have stolen the lug nuts.)
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“This man is a real Communist...”

with lots of friends foreign and domestic. currently, there is no law in the republic. the lawless elites are running us...into the ground.


16 posted on 12/22/2020 4:16:00 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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So he is going to take money from Whitey and give it to non-Whitey, after telling non-Whitey that Whitey is to blame for all of non-Whitey’s failures so non-Whitey will hate Whitey more.


17 posted on 12/22/2020 4:21:14 AM PST by I want the USA back (I fear my government much much much much much much much much much much more than a virus from china.)
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He is redistributing wealth alright, from NYC to the suburbs. Thanks for making my house value skyrocket Comblasio!!!


18 posted on 12/22/2020 4:24:51 AM PST by FlipWilson
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how about the half whiteys roaming around. Do they give money or get money? I’m so confused.


19 posted on 12/22/2020 4:30:09 AM PST by ronniesgal ( no fool like an old fool!)
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To: cherry
pretty sure he was fraudulently elected....there are lots of hard working nose to the dirty grindstone people even in NYC and I don’t think they would put up with shinola.

I have worked in NYC and surrounding environs for 30+ years. Conservatives in the city proper are outnumbered at least 2:1 and this guy won last time with 70+ %. Unfortunately, he was elected because that's what the overwhelming percentage of New Yorkers wanted. Unfortunately, many New Yorkers are leaving for lower tax Red States because of idiots like him and Cuomo. And most unfortunately for the Red State residents these morons didn't learn their lesson and continue to vote liberal Democrat and flip traditionally Red States to Purple and then eventually Blue States. Yes, I am talking about you Georgia.

20 posted on 12/22/2020 4:33:31 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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