New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said rioters congregating in mobs during a coronavirus pandemic are not the same as people seeking to attend church.
His statements seem to justify why the Democrat mayor continually threatened religious groups during the crisis but has not been nearly as tough on people destroying his city.
“When you see a nation, an entire nation, simultaneously grappling with an extraordinary crisis seeded in 400 years of American racism,” de Blasio said at a press conference.
“I’m sorry, that is not the same question as the understandably aggrieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services.”
So … Guess that makes it okay?
This is exactly what suppression of the First Amendment by an oppressive authoritarian state looks like, in case you were wondering. https://t.co/CTVMVzhV3n
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) June 2, 2020
It’s Okay Because Slavery … Or Something
Insinuating it’s perfectly okay not only to riot but break his own rules involving social-distancing during a pandemic because of racism is next-level stupid.
Why have laws or rules at all for any aggrieved group? None of these thugs – many of whom are white – have experienced slavery or 400-plus years of racism.
They have no right to destroy other people’s lives just because of your white guilt.
“This is something that’s not about which side of the spectrum you’re on,” de Blasio said. “It’s about a deep, deep American crisis. We have never seen anything quite like what we’ve seen in the last few days. This is a powerful, painful, historical moment.”
“So, no, I have eyes to see,” he went on. “We’re not going to treat it like it’s any other day, we’re not going to treat it like, ‘Why are people outside the bars?’ and not notice that all of America is grappling simultaneously with a horrible crisis.”
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“Sorry, guys, there’s a world outside New York City. So, we’re dealing with this.”
My god, he’s judging it based on what he thinks of the people involved! “Bill de Blasio defends ongoing lockdown: Protesting and going to church ‘not the same’” https://t.co/Jn6N5pxz7Y
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) June 3, 2020
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Attacked Jewish People
This is the same man who issued “final warnings” to Jewish people if they dared to conduct public gatherings against his rules during the crisis.
A group that has experienced their own tremendous hardships.
“My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed,” he wrote on Twitter just over a month ago.
“I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups,” de Blasio added. “This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.”
Apparently it’s not about that at all.
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course the rioters and vandals are okay to him. he is most likely in cahoots with them. wonder how much a cut this crook gets. as to the antifas and blm, they wear masks, so no virus will hurt them. yep, wonderful world we are living in, when criminals get free pass, but citizens are held to the fire, litterally.
DeBlasio: I will shut down churches in violation of people’s 1st Amendment civil rights and allow violent rioting to occur because I lied when I took the oath of office to uphold the Constitution and protect my city from danger.
I could write a book here, but am going to sum it up. “What a tool.”
i hear there is contract work to be had there.
new york, don’t you have a way to get him out of there?
I’m thinking of writing to Pope Francis with a petition to beatify and enter into sainthood, George Floyd. He should be called, St. George of Minneapolis, Patron Saint of the Covid Hoax. It was a miracle how all of a sudden protesting for Mr Floyd erased all the fears of the Chinese Flu……………it’s a miracle I say.
Well, there goes one of my favorite wrestlers and actor……..”tha’ rock” just bit the dust.
Would you really expect anything else from Duh-Blasio?
he’s right they are not the same …. church goers have a constitutional right to worship … stealing, arson, battery, and destruction of property are crimes …
So then , about these rioters when’s he gonna get his finger out and arrest those who gather in f@#€ing large groups?
It has now been confirmed, someone actually has invented STUPID pills and Billy swallowed the whole bottle!
Diamond And Silk
After viewing George Floyd’s memorial, all churches should be allowed to open on Sunday!
So someone please tell me why churches across the country are still shut down to worship but they can have a massive service for George Floyd in a church!
where Reverend Al Sharpton bashed President Trump! Not much to say about George!
Not only a commie, but a most stupid one; not a bright fellow at all.
Appease the Mayor , Jewish people in order to hold services should simply go looting , smashing windows and looting and say they are protesting the Slavery of Jews for thousands of years in Africa as part of worship services. De Basio approved Riots , regular services and as a final benefit free all you can carry Televisions, Shoes and loot .
Triple win for everybody.
Have no doubt. Bill de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm de Beelzebub. His “boss” is cheering his progress.
it is good he is honest for once that way people who were looted and burned out can take their insurance money or fema help and move their business’s to a new town where the mayor does not support terrorism.
We need to get rid of these kind of people
De Blasio is another out of touch czar. (He’d probably be flattered that I called him a czar). NEW YORKER’S,, as a rule, VOTE BLUE. What do you expect?
That is one piece of Sh*t.
Just remember the voters of New York City voted for DeBlasio. They need to seriously examine the conscience and ask why.
[De Blasio Hints Rioting Is Okay, Going To Church Is Not During Pandemic ]
Oh well, De Blasio never has been known as one with wisdom…
So if you speak out in public w/o a mask, etc., on Leftist approved topics, you’re “safe” from COVID19. I didn’t know COVID19 was such a “woke” virus that gave a pass to the radical left. Weren’t these Dems stressing the importance of mask wearing and staying home? Boy, does this prove just how disingenuous the Dems are. Why are there so many people who blindly follow these Dems and freely give them power? IGNORANCE IS TRULY BLISS with these voters…
I guess he’s out as an Atheist.
NYers voted for this woke, radical Leftist buffoon. As if that’s not shocking enough…they’ll stagger through the rubble of NYC to get to the polls and re-elect him! You can’t make it up…
Governor Camode needs to relieve the mayor before he can inflict more damage to NYC..
Yeah he’s a real Lib.
what the ! is this guy for real
Has denlasio not shown enough of himself yet to be described as a fool ?
Wasn’t religious persecution the reason many left the safety of land to come across the Atlantic an unpredictable ocean at best known for rogue waves which could have destroyed any and all ships in the snap of a thumb to get here. Deblabbio aka SOFT TOUCH is really anti religious and anti American. NYC citizens should recall him NOW or do not vote for this Religious Bigot next election.
This is living proof that shows leftwing Liberals are mentally handicapped. It also explains why the Official mascot of the Liberal Party is a large smelly Jacka$$!
Wannabe a commie DeBlather-o is also a dunder-headed addlepate who smells of fresh
dingle-berries.
DeBlasio .. what can you say besides anarchist , socialist and communist
Every time this man opens his mouth, he says something STUPID !
This buffoon needs to be removed.
His brain is like a BB in a boxcar.
I think this person is shy of a full load of bricks….dullest knife in the drawer, a few cards shy of a full deck…..did I cover it all. He’s a half full glass of water.
Fairfax Co. Va. Democrat Party said…that Riots were part of America…..as if it is NORMAL BEHAVIOR!!! Northern Va. is the REASON all of Virginia is going down!!
Toss up……..they’re both pretty darn evil.
It’s not a “job” for them, it’s attention, money and power……they need a steady diet of that……I know what I would like to shovel/drown them in………and it don’t smell good either.
They are different but otherwise all same, same as far as being really bad at their respective jobs.
De Blasio is worst than Cuomo
People of New York: Why did you elect this guy? Even Weiner would have been better!
It doesn’t get any stupid-er than Bill de Blasio. NYC needs to force him out, like TOMORROW. You can’t rationalize or use logic with brain-damaged people like this. He would take the store, that a family built for their entire lives, has their entire life savings in, and hand it over to an angry mob to burn down, and that’s just peachy-fine with him. Like I said—-you can’t rationalize with someone this dumb. He’s as horrifying as the cops who killed George Floyd. He’s the same at those cops.
1ooo “likes.”
Why? The low IQ left that swallows everything they are told to without complaint or verification. The sycophant MSM that tows the DNC line no matter how asinine the content. Leftist elites who’s sole purpose seems to be subverting anything America, up to and including the facts, and/or history, of any given subject
Don’t forget the 36,900+ who gave their lives in the Korean war…the first major engagement of the cold war…against the communists.
I cannot understand why a communist is allowed to hold any public office in America..Don’t give me that crap that America is a free country, and everyone has a voice in how it’s governed.. 58,000 Americans died in Viet Nam fighting communist.. Why should they be allowed to come here and run our country?
If anybody has an doubts about DeBlasio being a communist they should be erased now.
Uh, I think the persecution of Christians is why we have this country…they’ve been oppressed longer than the inaccurate “400” years.
Deblasio should be a victim of these riots, as many of his constiuency are, and maybe he would learn a thing or two