Mayor Bill de Blasio had the audacity to claim that New York City is the safest city in the United States. Even with such a laughable statement, he said it with a straight face!
While on with MSNBC’s Geoff Bennett on Monday he said, “The NYPD very, very consistently deals with quality of life crimes, hate crimes, the smaller things like graffiti for sure.”
”Look, this is the safest big city in America. I’m very proud of what the NYPD has done,” de Blasio added.
His statement was apparently a clap back to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s comments on Twitter on Sunday. He wrote, “Possibly the worst Mayor in NYC, de Blasio, has watched anti-semitism rapidly metastasize, like a cancer, & is too unconcerned or lazy to “nip it in the bud.”
He continued, “A COWARD in that he has yet to condemn anti-semities [sic] in his own party who support BDS & similar movements, who’s [sic] main objective is to destroy the Jewish Homeland.”
...to condemn anti-semities in his own party who support BDS & similar movements, who’s main objective is to destroy the Jewish Homeland.
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 30, 2019
“As Mayor I got on anti-semitism at the earliest possible moment, the attack on Ari Halberstam. I didn’t ignore a dozen or so acts & let dangerous people out on bail who were a threat to citizens,” he added, “My record on anti-semitism is 35 years old, prosecuting ex-Nazis.”
As Mayor I got on anti-semitism at the earliest possible moment, the attack on Ari Halberstam.
I didn’t ignore a dozen or so acts & let dangerous people out on bail who were a threat to citizens.
My record on anti-semitism is 35 years old, prosecuting ex-Nazis.
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 30, 2019
Breitbart reports:
Saturday, five Jewish people were stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New York, according to Breitbart News.
Thirty-eight-year-old Grafton Thomas was arrested by New York Police Department (NYPD) officers and was “found with blood all over his clothing and a strong smell of bleach in the car, like he was trying to destroy evidence,” said Rockland County Assistant District Attorney Michael Dugandzic.
During an interview on MSNBC’s Weekends on Sunday, de Blasio appeared to blame President Trump’s rhetoric for Saturday’s horrific attack.
“It’s not a time for a partisan discussion, but it is a time to say some of the most hateful speech is emanating from Washington, D.C. What we need our president to do is be a unifier, a calming positive voice, reminding us of what we have in common as Americans,” de Blasio said.
“That’s what presidents have done for generations. We’ve missed that. And the hateful speech even if it’s not inciting specific violence, let’s face it, we have seen these violent forces emboldened.” He added, “We saw it in Charlottesville. We’ve seen it all over the country.”