Mayor Eric Adams blamed out-of-touch Democrats for President-elect Donald Trump’s victory — saying they were too busy comparing him to Hitler to discuss real issues affecting American people.
Hizzoner was asked about Trump’s sweep over Vice President Harris in the five boroughs and the message he thought constituents were sending.
“Oh, wholeheartedly, that we stopped speaking to people. We started speaking at people,” Adams told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum on Wednesday.
“Not hearing the people and you engaging in dialogue while individuals are fearful of affordability, losing their home, the future of their children, and you’re having these intellectual conversations, and people are, like, saying, what the hell are you talking about?
“I’m hurting. And you asking, is Donald Trump Hitler or not?” Adams told MacCallum. “It’s just not talking to the real needs of people.”
Trump performed nearly 22 percentage points better in The Bronx and Queens this election than he did in 2020. He also saw huge gains in every other city borough, including Manhattan — and out on Long Island.
Democrats including then-vice presidential nominee Tim Walz likened Trump to Hitler — which dominated the news cycle in the final weeks of the election as left-leaning news networks like MSNBC latched onto the sound bite.
Adams also criticized the Biden administration’s border policies, saying that the migrant gangbangers now wreaking havoc in New York City have little to do with the Big Apple’s sanctuary status.
“Sanctuary city is totally different from a manmade crisis that we saw,” he told McCallum. “This is what sanctuary city states: If you’re in this city and you are paying taxes, you buy a loaf of bread, you pay taxes, those are your tax dollars. You have a right to the services of the city.
“We’re saying that, as a sanctuary city, if you are here and you are participating legally, you are provided the services as you start your pathway to get citizenship or legal status,” he added.
“But it is not a safe haven for those who are committing criminal acts or trying to harm migrants, asylum seekers and other New Yorkers.”
Just last week, Adams said he’s looking into using his executive powers to target violent criminal migrants and asylum seekers in the city — and has expressed willingness to deport migrants after they’ve been charged with a crime but before they’ve been convicted and have served their time.
The Democrat mayor, who is facing federal corruption charges, also defended his record since taking over at City Hall two years ago, saying he proved critics wrong after he was ridiculed for wanting to focus on public safety and invest in cryptocurrency.
“When I first started I said I was going to invest in cryptocurrency, people laughed at me. Who’s laughing now?” he said. “And when I first got elected in 2022, I told the party it’s public safety. People are tired of the revolving door, where people are constantly committing violent crimes and back on our streets.
“We ignored it.”
Earlier this week, Trump said he would consider pardoning Adams because “he was treated pretty unfairly.”
