Posted on 06/16/2023 7:24:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York City’s Democrat Mayor Eric Adams recently backtracked on his vow to house migrants in Gracie Mansion, saying that the “symbolism” of his offer spoke volumes. Earlier this month, Adams stated that he’d welcome migrants into the governor’s mansion if city lawyers approved it but took back the offer in a June 15th press conference with reporters.
“Leading the challenge of the migrant problem is both substantive and symbolic and as I always said, ‘Good generals lead from the front,'” Adams said, according to the New York Post. “They don’t send their troops into battle and ask, ‘How was the war?’ They lead them into battle. The symbolism of saying, ‘I’m willing to put a homeless family in Gracie’ is that symbolism.”
Huh? Reneging on your promise to share your enormous abode with migrants is “leading from the front,” and/or “leading them into battle?”
Adams noted that he could not allow migrants to stay at his mansion due to “legal issues.” According to the New York Post, Adams said: “We are never going to break the law. And so, we’d be able to know what we can’t do and what we can’t do as a symbolism of saying, ‘I’m willing to open up the people’s house to the people of the city.’”
Huh?!
“We are never going to break the law?” New York broke federal law by declaring itself a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. Crime has skyrocketed in the city specifically because the Rotten Apple’s D.A. refuses to prosecute criminals. The city is all about crime.
Gotham City has sued more than 30 counties across New York State for issuing emergency executive orders that prohibit local hotels from hosting migrants. Migrants Adams bussed out of New York and into those counties.
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NYC got what it voted for, once again, as ChiCongo did. No sympathy from me.
What a liar. Governor Abbott ought to send a busload of illegals to Gracie Manor and just park it there.
I get so confused.
Why do the liberals of sanctuary cities such as New York complain about illegal aliens bussed into their cities?
But then, they turn around and want to bus the illegals somewhere else? Why is is wrong for illegals to have been transported to New York City, but it’s ok for New York City to send them away and let some other towns deal with it?
And this is considering that New York is a sanctuary city, so they should theoretically be always welcoming illegal aliens.
Good questions. Wouldn’t it be nice if some daring reporter would pose them to the NYC leadership?
But of course the press never asks Democrats questions like this.
New Yawkers enjoy using electing idiotic morons as an “in yo face” towards Americans.
I think the costs of housing of illegal immigrants to various cities will ultimately be paid by the Federal Government.
The cities will beg for money and, secretly, it’s already been decided that Uncle Sam (the rest of us) will pay.
The deep state wants the illegals in here.
Adams is a clown. Give him the hook!
Yes, their housing and care will be paid by the federal government, not the local cities and towns.
The local governments will eventually be reimbursed by the federal government for their expenses.
Money...Schumer’s the NYS money tree. They give him anything he wants...and more.
A sanctuary city actually is breaking the law every day😂
Adams INTENDED to house the migrants at the governor’s mansion and that’s the main thing. He had good intentions and that’s all that matters.
And once you take Federal funds the government tells you how to spend the money and the situation just keeps spiraling downwards.
Like Rush used to say, ‘It’s always symbolism over substance’ with hypocrite leftists. Hardly ever do they lead by example when espousing their leftist foams at the mouth. It’s do as I say, not as I do. Biggest hypocrites evahhhhh.
What an embarrassment this mayor is. But then, it was predictable. Clown show.
Here’s some “symbolism” fer ya: democrat heads on pikes all around the Capitol.
“And once you take Federal funds the government tells you how to spend the money ...”
Good point.
Some day in the future some poor schmuck is going to ask the people who are living through this (rhetorically, of course), "was all of this worth it?" That will happen after the federal debt tower of babel collapses.
Why, harumph, I may have vociferated an inexactitude.
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