The mayor, speaking during an interview on 1010 WINS Friday morning, justified his rhetoric by saying the woman, a tenant activist, was disrespectful when she stood up at a town hall and pointedly asked the mayor about the Rent Guidelines Board, a body entirely composed of mayoral appointees that recently voted for another rent increase for regulated apartments.
I think it’s silly this is a national story.
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He was wrong to bring race into it. I think it’s obvious he was playing the race card by using the plantation owner analogy. He was attempting to paint her as racist to shut down otherwise legitimate criticism.
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It’s irrelevant that she’s a holocaust survivor. Maybe she was being disrespectful and disruptive. Don’t know. If so, being a holocaust survivor is irrelevant to her being called out for that.
Regardless, this is a silly thing to show up in national news.
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