Thread by @JewhadiTM

.@BilldeBlasio Is Lying About Anti-Semitic Attacks In Brooklyn

At a press conference yesterday, Mayor de Blasio claimed that the threat of anti-Semitism only exists on the right. It is a dangerous lie.

thefederalist.com/2019/06/05/bil…

As Joe Borelli, Staten Island’s city councilman, told the New York Post, “A simple look at where anti-Semitic hate crimes have occurred just disproves this– unless you count central Brooklyn as the home of a vast right-wing conspiracy.”

He went on to say, “Bill de Blasio regularly says stupid things, but this is literally the stupidest effing thing he’s ever said.”

But it’s far worse than simply being stupid; in fact, it’s incredibly dangerous. As the Orthodox Jewish community is terrorized by violent attacks, the mayor simply refuses to even acknowledge the problem exists.

He is giving tacit approval to those who attack Jews by foolishly pretending that anti-Semitism is only to be found among conservatives. How can Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn trust that their mayor is working to solve this problem when he won’t even admit it is a problem?

In fact, the mayor is succumbing to a political correctness that will not allow him to criticize the mostly black and Latino men who are perpetrating these assaults.

And let’s be clear: If any other group other than Jews were being targeted for such violence it would be at the top of the mayor’s list of concerns. Instead, he puts his head in the sand and ignores it because he doesn’t like the optics.

De Blasio is simply and totally negligent on this issue as mayor of New York City. The city needs its mayor to understand, accept, and address this issue with the gravity it requires.

This is no time for political correctness to blind him to reality. But yesterday’s remarks make it clear that either de Blasio is as stupid as Borelli claims, or he just doesn’t care.

One thing is certain—the mayor is flat-out wrong about the nature of these attacks, and it is absurd to lay them at the feet of conservatives.

Perhaps he is preening for his farcical presidential run, but whatever he is doing, he needs to stop, take stock of the reality on the ground, and work to protect the safety of his citizens—even if they happen to be Orthodox Jews.