Thread by @VigilantFox

Eric Adams just did the unthinkable.

The former Democrat defended ICE, backed deportations, and ripped the far left for standing with criminals instead of law enforcement.

Then he said something that’ll make coastal elites lose their minds.

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📍Pause and bookmark the post above—this is what the beginning of the end looks like for the Democratic Party.

Let’s watch it unravel…

Eric Adams just did something nobody expected—he defended ICE, and took a blowtorch to the far left for demonizing law enforcement.

And honestly? It might be the most reasonable thing he’s ever said.

Adams said speaking to Laura Trump on Fox:

“One of the big mistakes that’s being made in some parts of the far-left philosophy is that ICE is a criminal organization,”

“They are not. They are part of our law enforcement community — FBI, HSI, postal service investigators — they are part of our law enforcement community.”

He wasn’t just breaking with his old party. He was calling it out.

“We have to get bad, dangerous people off our street. I continue today of collaborating with our city, state and federal agencies to go after dangerous people.”

And when the left tries to spin deporting violent illegal immigrants into a political attack?

Adams doesn’t flinch.

“So people who want to turn this into a political agenda, I’m focused on New Yorkers,” he said. “80% of New Yorkers are stating, those who commit dangerous acts that are undocumented [illegal], after they are convicted and serve their time, they should be deported.”

Then he made it personal.

“I’m in alignment with working class people in this city and in this country,” he added. “That is what I believe in.”

The far left may want ICE gone—but Adams just flipped the script.

And that’s when Adams made it crystal clear: he’s not backing down. Not from ICE, not from working with Trump, and not from the truth.

He will not apologize to the Democrats fighting against his mission to protect New York City.

“I’m not apologizing for that, and I’m not going to ever relinquish my authority to keep New Yorkers safe.”

New York’s City Council is doing everything it can to block ICE from opening an office on Rikers Island—but Adams won’t budge.

He’s working with federal agents to target violent criminals tied to illegal immigration and gang activity.

During an interview with Lara Trump, she put the issue on the table:

“So you think the City Council is upset because somehow they think you are collaborating with the Trump administration — and I would say you are, because you want the best for the city, right?”

Adams laughed—and then doubled down.

“What people don’t realize, we send billions of dollars in tax dollars to Washington D.C.”

“And the mindset that we’re not going to collaborate with this president’s administration is foolish to even think.”

He made it clear—this isn’t political. It’s practical.

“I’ve never made it a secret, I’m going to collaborate with this administration, just as I collaborated with the previous administration — ten trips to Washington, D.C., to deal with this issue.”

“I’ve never made it unclear that I’m not going to collaborate with law enforcement agencies.”

Especially when it comes to stopping violence before it spreads beyond prison walls.

“Areas where we can to go after dangerous gang members that are incarcerated, and the danger that they are producing on Rikers Island, can also spill into our community.”

And again—he wasn’t backing down.

“I’m not apologizing for that, and I’m not going to ever relinquish my authority to keep New Yorkers safe.”

That wasn’t just defiance. It was leadership.

Then Adams went even further—dropping a line that is sure to make Democrat elites squirm from coast to coast.

He isn’t just laying the blame on bad policies, but on a party that lost its way.

“I don’t think it is about a partisan — I think it’s just common sense.”

And then he said what so many former Democrats have been saying for years.

“People say, well, you know, you left the Democratic Party. No! The party left me.”

According to Adams, the modern Left has lost touch with working-class people—and it’s created a climate of fear.

“I want to talk about what working-class people believe, what they’re feeling — and they are afraid.”

“And we can’t continue to be so philosophical and intellectual that we’re talking over the heads of people who are afraid.”

He broke it down simply:

“Am I going to be able to provide for my children? Can I keep my home? Can I be employed? That’s what we need to be looking at.”

And when critics accuse him of selling out?

“I’ll take the heat,” he said. “You have a different view of the city when you put on the bulletproof vest for 22 years and you protected the children of families of the city.”

“I see the byproduct of failed legislation and those who want to go into their own corners.”

That experience is why he’s not staying quiet—and why he’s not playing politics.

And that’s when Adams said what every patriotic American needed to hear: this is about country over party.

“That’s the office and that’s the flag that Uncle Joe died in Vietnam for at 19 years old.”

He said it shouldn’t matter who’s in the Oval Office—respecting the presidency is about honoring the country, not the person.

“Most importantly, it’s about respecting the office. People lose sight of that.”

“You don’t all of a sudden become anti-American because the person you wanted to become president is not president—it’s the office.”

“When you don’t respect the office, you’re sending the wrong message. I respect the office.”

And when it comes to Trump?

“There’s a president called President Trump, I’m going to work with that president to produce for the people of our city because I respect the office.”

Adams then delivered a gut punch to the radical activists and anti-American agitators hijacking college campuses:

“So I’m not for those who are desecrating our flag, who are on our college campuses radicalizing our children, who are being harmful to what the country stands for.”

“I don’t care what they say. This is the greatest country on the globe.”

“And In God We Trust.”

It wasn’t just a defense of Trump—it was a defense of America.

Adams closed with a prediction about the future of the Democrat Party.

The people are waking up, he said. The silence is breaking. And it’s only a matter of time before the floodgates open.

“There are those in the party that understand we have gone too far on many of these important issues and there are those who are really starting to add their voices.”

“I believe you are going to find many people who were quiet, are going now add their voice and find their voice on things that are important for the people of this city and the people of this country.”

He said the pain is real. And it’s only getting harder to ignore.

“People are hurting and I see the pain every day. That uncertainty about the future in the greatest country on the globe is a real concern.”

“People are looking for that real authentic compassion and caring about their concerns.”

And that’s why Adams is speaking up.

Because if he doesn’t, who will?

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