President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Eric Adams are both moderate Democrats who fended off rivals on the left to win their respective offices — and Adams is enthusiastically embracing the comparison
“Eric Adams is a very smart Democrat for Joe Biden and national Democrats to be standing with publicly right now because he is seen as a person who is outspoken on the need to address public safety crisis and rising crime. And Biden and national Democrats are not polling well on the issue,” said New York City-based Democratic strategist Jon Reinish, a former staffer to Sen.
“I’m sure if you were to ask him what is his favorite mayor, he would clearly tell you, ‘It’s Eric.’ We just really like each other,” Adams said with a grin. “We’re just going to hang out together. You know, that’s my dude.”. Both politicians would like to see stricter gun control laws — but those efforts have failed repeatedly in the face of staunch Republican opposition.
Still, she said the odds of gun legislation passing in D.C. are not high. “The president may be grasping for straws in terms of taking advantage of Mayor Adams’ willingness to be outspoken on the issue,” she said.
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