Mayor Eric Adams refused to join some of his democrat peers Saturday by dubbing Donald Trump a fascist, even going as far as to say that the former president has a right to hold a rally at the iconic Madison Square Garden.
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Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday that he does not believe Donald Trump is a fascist a day ahead of the former president’s controversial rally on Sunday at the iconic Madison Square Garden.
Adams’ comments came at a late afternoon press conference at police headquarters as NYPD brass went over security plans for Sunday’s area rally in Midtown that is expected to draw thousands.
While officials went over plans and expected traffic closures, the mayor was asked if he believed Trump — this year’s Republican presidential nominee — to be a fascist as some of his opponents have claimed, given the former president’s stated desire to round up undocumented individuals in camps and to jail his political opponents. Remarks by Trump’s former chief of staff, retired General John Kelly, this past week further fanned claims about Trump and his fascistic tendencies.
“My answer is no. I know what Hitler has done and I know what a fascist regime looks like,” Adams said. “I’ve heard people say that the former president should not be able to have a rally in Madison Square Garden — I strongly disagree. This is America. This is New York, and I think it’s important that we allow individuals to exercise their right to get their message to New Yorkers. And our job, as a city and as a police department is to make sure that you do that in a peaceful way.”
Adams’ statement came days after Trump himself defended Mayor Adams at the Al Smith Dinner against a federal corruption indictment and several investigations that ensanred the mayor and key figures in his administration, seeing the likes of Police Commissioner Edward Caban and Deputy Mayor Philip Banks resign.
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