Adams claimed that a Biden aide said an influx of migrants was 'like a gallstone. It'll pass.'
In an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his claims that federal prosecutors targeted him because of his criticism of President Joe Biden’s handling of what he considered a crisis at the U.S. southern border.
The mayor said he spoke to Julie Chávez Rodríguez, formerly Biden’s campaign manager, and Tom Perez, then director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He also cited two meetings with Biden himself. After the inauguration on Monday, Adams had lunch with four New York Republicans: state Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, Assemblymember William Barclay and former Reps. Mark Molinaro and Anthony D’Esposito, Ortt said. The event was not on the mayor’s schedule.
During a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday, Adams declined to opine on a raft of orders Trump signed on his first day in office. Those included withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, pardoning nearly 1,600 people prosecuted for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, stripping federal funding from so-called “sanctuary” cities that include New York City and revoking birthright citizenship.
But the mayor's words immediately drew criticism from Democrats seeking to unseat him and intensified speculation that Adams, a former registered Republican, might seek to return to the GOP. “A New York Democrat hasn’t sold out his party this bad since Andrew Cuomo formed the IDC,” Lander said, referring to a group of Democrats in the state Legislature who collaborated with Republicans during Cuomo’s tenure.
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