The only thing that could have been more absurd was to have Obama attend the G-20 in his more comfortable role as Community Organizer. At first I thought this had to be The Onion, but no. This on the heels of the murdering of a police officer.
Police and protesters clashed ahead of the G20 summit in Germany Thursday, with riot gear-clad cops swarming the streets to block the 10,000-strong crowd with water cannons. What could be better than to have de Blasio join in?
Mayor de Blasio on Thursday skipped an NYPD swearing-in ceremony made somber by this week’s assassination of a cop — then hours later revealed he was busy preparing to jet off on a surprise trip to join leftist protesters at the G-20 summit in Germany.
Hizzoner’s overseas jaunt was kept under wraps until just 90 minutes before he took off from Newark Airport.
A last-minute announcement said he “will attend several events surrounding the G-20 Summit, including Saturday’s Hamburg Zeigt Haltung rally.”
The mayor also made sure the free trip will include a visit with his son, Dante, a Yale University student who’s spending the summer on an internship in Berlin, a City Hall spokesman said.
Presumptive Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis accused de Blasio of abandoning pressing issues in the Big Apple to pursue his progressive agenda in Europe.
H/T: NY Post
July 8, 2017 at 8:34 pm
Thanks for the link, Bunk…check this out “Police protect the rights of demonstrators objecting to the G20 summit, Mayor de Blasio said Saturday in a speech to a Hamburg, Germany protest rally of tens of thousands of people.”
WHAT? Didn’t he know that approximately 160 police were INJURED by the demonstrators? is that THEIR RIGHT? Or is it what cops are supposed to expect even as they PROTECT RIGHTS? WHat a ridiculous comment.
“Our right to protest is directly related to the fact that our police protect us,” the mayor said. A tweet from de Blasio’s press secretary said the line drew loud applause.”
He’s nuts.
Then he says this: “He hailed the German parliament’s recent decision to legalize gay marriage. “It wasn’t the choice of some politicians. But the people made it happen,” de Blasio said.”
I read that and thought “yes, and that’s pretty much what happened with Trump’s election…it wasn’t DeBlasio’s CHOICE but the people made it happen,” But he ignores that, of course….wow
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July 8, 2017 at 9:35 pm
I hope they get rid of him and elect the GOPer… fat chance I guess. We shall see what happens at the cops funeral.
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July 7, 2017 at 11:49 pm
Fabulous image, Bunkerville..!! I wonder how New York City-ites feel about paying for this trip? Except I hate to think of him getting to drink that delicious German food and beer! 🙂
It’s all an outrage…I hope they’re covering it in NY TV news…they’ve barely mentioned it anywhere…and people should know an American mayor went to protest with anarchists in Europe…..Probably getting paid by Soros for this, too.
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July 8, 2017 at 8:33 am
It looks like he is being universally dissed for his action.. He is suppose to speak today, it will be interesting.
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July 8, 2017 at 6:24 pm
have you heard anything yet about his speaking today?
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July 8, 2017 at 8:24 pm
Not yet… I scouted around and see nothing…
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July 8, 2017 at 8:27 pm
http://nypost.com/2017/07/08/de-blasio-delivers-remarks-ahead-of-keynote-at-g20-summit/
Here you go Z
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July 7, 2017 at 9:03 am
Exactly what Brittius said. Ugh.
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July 7, 2017 at 9:14 am
Ditto.
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July 7, 2017 at 8:53 am
What special idiots vote for this guy?
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July 7, 2017 at 9:14 am
The same ones that voted for Obama no doubt
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July 7, 2017 at 8:35 am
Thanks for keeping us informed, even though it makes me sick to my stomach.
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July 7, 2017 at 9:14 am
True enough…. that is about how I feel. The week of July fourth and this is what we have to represent lady liberty.
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July 7, 2017 at 8:14 am
As a resident of Bergen County, NJ and the NY/NJ/CT Tri-state area I can assure you that Mayor de Blasio, even as NYC has regressed into the hell hole it was in the 70’s and early 80’s, under his leadership, is unbeatable in the coming Nivember election. NYC is a democrat cesspool, Crime, education, economics, all an embarrassment in a sane and rational world will have no impact on his re-election. He will be running againstTrump, a winning strategy in today’s wreck if a third world city, NYC.
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July 7, 2017 at 9:13 am
Depressing…..
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July 7, 2017 at 10:04 am
People deserve the idiots they vote for. Come on south to a place where people are normal.
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July 7, 2017 at 10:36 am
I did and I am and they are Mustang. But it is hot as hell… the devil’s furnace.
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July 7, 2017 at 6:44 am
Reblogged this on Brittius and commented:
My language would be so strong and salty, that I cannot post what I feel, as it would completely lack civility.
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July 7, 2017 at 6:53 am
Ditto… thanks.
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July 7, 2017 at 8:28 am
You’re welcome.
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July 7, 2017 at 6:28 am
I detest De Blasio and everything he stands for; I think, however, that I detest everyone who voted for him even more.
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July 7, 2017 at 6:30 am
And he still has supposedly a 50 percent approval. The GOPer might just give him a run for his money. I agree with you, though the voters for Obama are even worse in my book.
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July 7, 2017 at 6:33 am
Absolutely … and through two presidential elections I kept asking myself … WTF?
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