NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Confronts Trump in Person

[applegrove]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/16/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-confronts-trump-in-person.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday morning at Trump Tower to discuss the "concerns and needs of all New Yorkers," De Blasio said in an afternoon press conference. The meeting, which lasted just over an hour, touched on Trump's proposed deregulation of Wall Street, his proposed ban on Muslim immigration, and his plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.

De Blasio, a Democrat, said he told Trump he was "very concerned" about Trump's "exclusionary polices toward Muslims," adding that "there are 900 Muslim members of the NYPD protecting all of us." He also decried Trump's "hurtful" rhetoric, especially the president-elect's decision to appoint Steve Bannon as a chief White House advisor, after Bannon's long track record publishing racist and sexist content as the head of Breitbart News.

"I made it very clear my deep concerns about Mr. Bannon," de Blasio said.

De Blasio has been an outspoken critic of Trump and his policies, encouraging protesters to continue demonstration outside Trump Tower, and stating that New York City would resist Trump's promised deportations. De Blasio has gone so far as to suggest destroying databases containing information on undocumented immigrants who obtained city identification cards. On Wednesday he did not elaborate on the suggestion of purging the databases.



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[Thinkingabout]

1. I would think DeBlasio would have addressed the security issues of Trump milling

Around NY and how volunerable he is making himself and his family.

[applegrove]

2. I can think of a whole list of things. I would certainly not know

how to prioratize worries about a Trump presidency.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Who's to say he hasn't?

Or maybe he is deliberately witholding the issue to let Trump learn the hard way?

[flamingdem]

4. Yes! We need to stand up to bullies

Good on de Blasio, hope we see more of him

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Remember when Obama dropped Van Jones?

http://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/van-jones-resigns-amid-controversy-026797

[Mc Mike]

6. Good. Thanks, Mayor De Blasio. rec, nT

[Tikki]

7. Am I wrong? Didn't the State of New York and City of New York vote against trump on Nov 8 ?

Isn't he the first president-elect to lose his State and Hometown vote? Maybe one other 170 years ago or something?


Tikki