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New York City mayor Eric Adams has sparked backlash on social media after he invoked 9/11 to describe his year and emphasize the city’s greatness.
The Democrat used the unfortunate reference when asked to summarize his 2023, which included the increasingly-concerning migrant crisis in the city and an FBI probe into his campaign fundraising.
‘This is a place where every day you wake up you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our trade center through a person who’s celebrating a new business that’s about to open,’ Adams told Pix 11.
‘This is a very, very complicated city, and that’s why it’s the greatest city on the globe.’
Adams’ comments were quickly noticed by social media users, who took the interview as an opportunity to mock the mayor.