New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticized former President Donald Trump’s historic Madison Square Garden rally after Trump gave him a favorable shout out.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams slammed former President Donald Trump’s historic Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday for promoting “hateful words” from an invited guest speaker, despite Trump’s favorable shout-out to the mayor during the massive rally.
“And you know who I want to thank?” Trump said Sunday evening from the sold-out arena. “Mayor Adams. Because Mayor Adams has been treated pretty badly. You know, when he said that this whole thing with the migrants coming into New York, this is just not sustainable. You know, we can’t do it. We’re trying to run a city, we got 100,000 migrants coming. We can’t do it, we just can’t do it, it’s not feasible, it’s not good.”
“He said it very nicely”, Trump continued. “I said, ‘well, he’s going to be indicted by these lunatics for saying that.’ A year later, he got indicted.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Adams’ office for reaction to the shoutout, inquiring if the mayor agreed with Trump’s comments and for reaction to the rally overall. Adams’ office directed Fox Digital to a post from the mayor lambasting the event for the use of “hateful words”, seemingly referring to a comedian who joked about Puerto Rico ahead of Trump’s speech.
“The hateful words that were used by some at today’s rally at Madison Square Garden were completely unacceptable. No matter who says it, hate is hate and there is no place for it in our city. As Americans, we always should stand up against racism, antisemitism, and misogyny”, Adams posted on X.
“Yesterday, ahead of today’s rally, I talked about how we all need to turn down the temperature that fuels hate and violence. I am once again renewing those calls”, he added.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, host of the popular podcast “Kill Tony”, sparked bipartisan backlash after he cracked a joke hours ahead of Trump taking the stage at Madison Square Garden that Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage.”
“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the … ocean right now.
