Blame Bill de Blasio

NRO ^ | 27 Apr 2020 | Kyle Smith

[Rummyfan]

His stubborn refusal to take the coronavirus seriously may have caused thousands of deaths.

America’s COVID-19 devastation is disproportionately a story of New York State’s devastation, and New York State’s devastation is overwhelmingly a story of New York City’s devastation. There’s a case to be made that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is the single individual in the United States who is most to blame for the catastrophic loss of human life.

I refer you to a grueling investigation by Charles Duhigg in the New Yorker that painstakingly compares the responses to the outbreak in Seattle and New York City. Seattle, paying heed to warnings from scientists, acted quickly to stem the outbreak; de Blasio, despite having several weeks after Seattle announced its first case to prepare for the deluge, shrugged at the virus and even advised people to go out and mingle. As of April 26 Seattle appears to be in good shape: King County, Washington has had 5,739 cases and 400 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University dashboard.

New York is another story: 17,126 deaths in the city, 22,009 deaths in the state, and nearly all of the state’s deaths are in the metro area. That’s out of 53,755 deaths in the entire country. New York City, with less than 3 percent of the U.S. population, has more than 30 percent of the country’s fatalities. Gotham has been crushed so badly that the Johns Hopkins coronavirus dashboard lists only four countries (Italy, Spain, France, and the U.K.) with more deaths than the city. The worst-hit country, Italy, has only about 50 percent more deaths from the virus than New York City despite having more than six times the population.

[jazminerose]

Andy thinks he’s going to step in and take Biden’s place any moment now.

He’s second gen thoroughly corrupt.

[EinNYC]

DumblASSio was elected totally due to voter laziness and apathy. Only about 21% of eligible voters turned out for BOTH mayoral elections. The rest had hot dates with their TV, bed, and computer, having been thoroughly brainwashed by their public school education into buying the mantra: Let the Government Do It. I bucked the trend, devoted a lot of time researching the issues and candidates and actually walking the few blocks to my voting place. Alas, it was in vain, as DumblASSio won. Both times. I realized what he was, just as I realized on contact what Commie Core was. Do you know how helpless that makes you feel? You KNOW the mayoral candidate is a commie incompetent, yet he will be making decisions that will directly affect you and your life.

I couldn't take living in the hell he made of the city, jamming it full of illegals and Chinese taking over neighborhood after neighborhood, remaking them into what they left back in China--ghettos. I could no longer tolerate getting into my car and immediately entering bumper to bumper hell--even for a short trip to the grocery. And then the separate hell of circling the block several times to find a parking space upon my return, often a couple blocks from my home. I bought a collapsible wagon to keep in my car to carry groceries and other heavy purchases so I wouldn't have to carry them for blocks. And now, with the new law releasing criminals immediately upon arrest and his asinine response to COVID, I am SO glad I left.