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NYC GOP Must Reject Eric Adams for Mayor

As the NYC mayoral race enters high gear, the smart money is on Eric Adams abandoning a run in the Democratic primary and instead taking on the 2021 GOP Mayoral standard bearer Curtis Sliwa for the Republican line in November.

At a Harlem business group, he stated, “Every day in the Police Department, I kicked those crackers’ ass.”

Indeed, some GOP honchos are actively on board with this move, which would be in deep conflict with the GOP activist base in the boroughs that overwhelmingly support Sliwa. In fact, Sliwa garnered near 70 percent of the vote in the GOP mayoral primary in 2021 and has continued his support of local Republican groups and candidates over the years.

There are two ways Adams can seek the GOP line in November. He can officially switch parties by mid-February and be eligible to run in a GOP primary, or he can simply remain a Democrat and seek a Wilson-Pakula designation from three of the five borough Republicans Chairs. A Wilson-Pakula authorization allows party leaders in a jurisdiction the ability to select an unregistered candidate to run in the party’s primary election, in this case against Sliwa in the Republican primary.

It is unfathomable that any GOP leader can consider supporting Eric Adams. We can’t forget it was Adams who welcomed illegal migrants getting off the buses from Port Authority in 2022 and gave them free five-star hotel rooms, culturally appropriate food, phones, and gift cards. He said, “We should protect our immigrants. Period.” Adams opened migrant shelters throughout the city, sometimes uprooting veterans and seniors, and wrecking the quality of life in many neighborhoods.

Now, after the political landscape has changed, he has taken a harder line and even indicated cooperation with the incoming Trump administration to deport those here illegally that have committed other crimes. New York Republicans should not be fooled. Of course, one can also opine that Adams is seeking Trump’s good graces to get a pardon from his alleged federal crimes.

This is also the same man that called white NYPD police “crackers” in 2019. At a Harlem business group, he stated, “Every day in the Police Department, I kicked those crackers’ ass.” Playing the race card is par for the course for Adams.

In May 2023, Adams called Rockland County Executive Ed Day racist and antisemitic when Adams wanted to ship illegal immigrants he welcomed with open arms to the Hudson Valley. Adams stated, “So when you look at the County Executive Day — this guy has a record of being antisemitic, racist comments. His thoughts and how he responded to this really shows a lack of leadership.” Most real Republicans would say Day fighting to protect his county from illegal immigrants is real leadership.

Adams also accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott if being racist and targeting “Black mayors” and “Black-run cities” with buses full of migrants. Left unsaid of course is that these cities have sanctuary city and state laws.

Let us also not forget Adams still refuses to call out Governor Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for not addressing the disaster of bail reform. He refuses to name and shame them. The same is true with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. As Bragg continues to let criminals go completely free, including Hamas supporters that shut down and vandalized college campuses, Adams stays mum.

How can GOP leaders even consider this guy? The five county GOP chairs should today state that under no circumstances will they give a Wilson-Pakula authorization to Adams or support him in anyway.

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Capano has worked in senior level position for two NYC GOP Members of Congress and has been a political science professor for almost 20 years.

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