Adams rebukes Texas governor for 'targeting' cities with Black mayors to bus asylum-seekers
By: Lauren Sforza (The Hill)
When ya got nuthin' else, play the race card. That does seem to be the gold standard for liberal political speech.
So, busing 'migrants' to NYC is morally bankrupt and unconcerned about the well-being of asylum seekers? Gee, that's a rousing endorsement for NYC as a place to live. Maybe Adams should put that in the tourism brochures.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for his move on Monday to resume busing migrants to cities led by Black mayors, including New York City, across the United States.
"Not only is this behavior morally bankrupt and devoid of any concern for the well-being of asylum-seekers, but it is also impossible to ignore the fact that Abbott is now targeting five cities run by Black mayors," Adams tweeted. "Put plainly, Abbott is using this crisis to hurt Black-run cities."
"Last year, Abbott bused migrants to New York against their will, reportedly had security guards hold them hostage on buses when they tried to get off in other cities, shipped them off while sick and COVID positive, and tagged individuals with barcodes," he added.
Adams said he learned Abbott planned to send more migrants to five cities — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and Washington, D.C. — over the weekend, saying the Texas governor wants "to play politics with people's lives." He has previously criticized other states for sending migrants to a small number of cities and said earlier this year that it is "unfair" that local governments need to bear the burden of what he called a "national obligation."
Adams also noted the crisis of migrants is too much for one city to take on and called on the federal government to send additional resources and support, adding that the border states' leadership has created a "vacuum" concerning the migrant crisis.
"Despite Abbott's inhumane actions, New York City will continue to do all it can to handle this influx, but this crisis is more than one city can handle," he said. "With a vacuum of leadership from border states, we need the federal government to step in and provide us with support and to prevent this cruelty from continuing."
Adams's comments come just a day after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) sent a letter to Abbott urging him to cease sending migrants to Chicago by reiterating that the city has "no more shelters, spaces, or resources" to address another flood of migrants to the city.
The Hill has reached out to Abbott's office for comment.
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Poor, disadvantaged Black mayors of the largest cities in the United States are the victims. Really? Hey, welcome to the brown majority you've been talking about.
Stooping to the race card now, he's really scraping the gutter.
Maybe he should ask the President to do something instead,
Adams has been demanding the President do 'something'; usually involving money. Biden has just ignored Adams. According to Biden, handing out green cards will magically fix the problem by allowing Adams to just ignore the influx of 'migrants' to NYC.
Giving illegal immigrants some sort of legal status allows government, at all levels, to ignore them just as any other legal resident or citizen is ignored. The whole issue of illegal immigration is really about government serving itself.
Maybe a little less playing the victim card and a little more time fixing the problems of his shithole of a city is in order.
I had hope for NYC with this guy but alas..... it is not to be.
What a dimbulb.
"Put plainly, Abbott is using this crisis to hurt Black-run cities."
Interesting. Adams is admitting the influx of a couple thousand immigrants is hurting his sanctuary city yet seems to have no problem if a million or so go to Texas.
He can't even keep up his virtue signaling so he needs to cry "racist". The guy is laughable.
When you are a completely incompetent peace of crap, just pull the race card, The Obama playbook to a tee.
Typical tactics coming from the delusional left.
Play the race card instead of insisting your President Joe actually accomplish something meaningful regarding border security.
Just put your hands out to the current fucked-up Admin., maybe they will throw a few taxpayer dollars your way to bail you out of your own mess.
Just have to LOVE it when anti-American policies come back to bite the dumbasses.
Black run cities.... hmmmmm.....
Odd that he hasn't sent any to Dallas.
'Cause it's in Texas??
Possibly.
But it's run by a black mayor, a predominantly black city council, and has been a Democratic stronghold for years.
So if he were just penalizing black people, it's a shorter bus ride.
Or Atlanta.
Adams is a fucking idiot. It's not because you're black dipshit. It's because you were stupid enough to declare your city a Sanctuary Shithole.
I guess shit for brains forgets that illegals were sent to Martha's Vineyard, another Sanctuary Shithole with a WHITE MAN as mayor.
On the contrary. It's the first intelligent thing he's done in this entire saga.
Painting Abbott as a cartoon character white male Texas racist gives the far looney left a reason for outrage. He's rallying the troops. With any luck the local looneys in Austin will protest at the Capitol.