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New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio helped paint the words “Black Lives Matter” on the street in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.
The giant bright yellow block letters were painted on Thursday between East 56th and 57th streets.
The New York Post reports:
The mayor joined first lady Chirlane McCray, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) to fill in the letter “L” with yellow paint for what some critics, including President Trump himself, have called a political stunt.
de Blasio boasted about the paint job.
Have you ever seen a more useless politician than Bill de Blasio?
This is just pathetic. pic.twitter.com/3hiTW2aCn7
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 9, 2020
de Blasio defended the paint job on social media.
Our city isn’t just painting the words on Fifth Avenue. We’re committed to the meaning of the message. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/VE6MT80qDI
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) July 9, 2020
President Trump slammed de Blasio on social media for elevating the Black Lives Matter movement and for not supporting the police.
….horrible BLM chant, “Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon”. Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won’t let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York’s greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2020
Critics of de Blasio commented on social media, including New York Republican Representative Lee Zeldin.
As a NY citizen I’m appalled by what DeBlasio and Cuomo are doing to NYC . Thank you for speaking up Rep Zeldin.l wish more Republicans spoke out like you are! Awesome . 🇺🇸👍💪🏼
— USAMADE (@debusamaga) July 9, 2020
Painting big yellow block letters on a street won't do one damn thing to fix the crime problem in urban Black communities. @BilldeBlasio is only fit to be Mayor of Sesame Street—& he'd screw even that up.
— Ruby L Epps (@rightrealruby) July 9, 2020
Other streets in the city have already been painted with more to come.
ABC News reports:
The city has painted Black Lives Matter murals on streets in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Harlem, and will continue to paint more in the coming weeks, according to the mayor’s office.
A street sign was also recently unveiled co-named “Black Lives Matter Boulevard.”
While de Blasio is all in glorifying the Black Lives Matter movement and defunding the police department by $1 billion, violent crimes in New York City are significantly on the rise.
For the month of June, shootings are up at an alarming rate of 130 percent versus a year ago.
The New York Post reports:
The 4th of July weekend bloodshed in New York City continued Sunday night as at least seven people were shot, five fatally, in a span of about three hours, police said.
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As de Blasio continues to endorse the Black Lives Matter movement and demonize police officers, the streets of New York City are growing more dangerous endangering the lives of innocent victims.
