Mayor Eric Adams said the Democratic Party has abandoned him – and everyday New Yorkers.
“People often say, ‘Well, you know, you don’t sound like a Democrat and you seem to have left the party,’” Adams told host Tucker Carlson during an interview due to air Tuesday night. “No. The party left me and left working-class people.”
Adams added that he believes the Biden Administration punished him for being vocal about the migrant crisis plaguing the Big Apple – claiming the White House response to his gripes about being a sanctuary city was: “be a good Democrat, Eric.”
According to a preview of the interview, the mayor also said New York did not welcome the flood of migrants into the five boroughs, noting that, “We have Venezuelan gang leaders that were coming to the city creating crimes.”
Adams, who has cooled on his backing of New York’s sanctuary city status in recent months, told Carlson he’s also at a loss on how to deal with the crisis.
“Damn it,” he said. “I’m at the end of the line here.”
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