Eric Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’

NY Post ^ | 05/14/2024 | Craig McCarthy and Emily Crane

[ChicagoConservative27]

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday suggested migrants should be hired to fill the city’s lifeguard shortage — because “they’re excellent swimmers.”

Hizzoner dropped the comment after being asked during a City Hall briefing about lifeguard staffing at the city’s beaches and pools, which have increasingly had issues in recent years, ahead of Memorial Day.

Going off on a tangent, Adams indicated that Gotham’s lifeguard shortages could easily be fixed if migrant work visas were being expedited for those jobs that needed to be filled quickly.

“How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, our country, that are excellent swimmers and at the same time we need lifeguards — and the only obstacle is that we won’t give them the right to work to become a lifeguard,” the mayor said.

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[Texan5]

The words “clueless bigot” just seems to fit Adams perfectly...

Mojados are not “excellent swimmers”-if they were, people would not be finding the drowned ones in the river/on the bank and border patrol would not be rescuing live ones from drowning all the time...

[rdcbn1]

Black men can’t swim. Just ask cornpop

[Tax-chick]

True, but that’s unrelated to the shortage of lifeguards in many communities. The way to solve the shortage is to raise the wage.

[bunkerhill7]

If it swims like a duck,
it`s not a duck.

[oil_dude]

I bet They make outstanding mayors too!

[T.B. Yoits]

Besides showing his bigotry, Token Adams ignores that the lawsuits will fly when the first child drowns.

[Night Hides Not]

You too?

[ridesthemiles]

THEY WALKED ACROSS.

SWIMMING NOT REQUIRED

[ridesthemiles]

ASK OBAMA’s CHEF

[Jamestown1630]

We can’t...

[chickenlips]

Good swimmers aye? Not because they have hairy legs that turn blond in the sun?

[JonPreston]

He’s the perfect politician; Low IQ, with a touch of racism.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

THEY WALKED ACROSS. SWIMMING NOT REQUIRED

I was making a joke. You have heard of the concept of "joke?"

It's possible you haven't since people who feel compelled to use all caps are usually pretty "stoopid."

[KittyKares]

This will be the new lifeguard test — swimming across the Rio Grande.

[NWFree]

When the wetbacks aren’t raping the kids they can supervise their swim time

[jmcenanly]

I’m surprised that he hasn’t banned pool chemicals as a possible carcinogen

[nesnah]

I’m a little confused. I’ve heard black folks are scared shyteless of the water. Who would the beaners be guarding?

[Chode]

does he think they swam here???

[5th MEB]

I’ve always called them WETBACKS and always will.