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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrianna Keilar on Bill DeBlassio odd behavior
How did he get elected?
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Brianna Keilar on Bill DeBlassio odd behavior (Original Post)
Peppertoo
Jun 2021
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nycbos
(6,709 posts)1. A nice ad with his son's hair.
I seriously regret voting for him in 2013.
JI7
(93,365 posts)2. It was a last minute thing. Anthony Weiner was leading and likely to win until another sexting
thing came out . This was the 2nd time this happened (first was while he was in Congress and 3rd during the 2016 election) .
So people turned to De Blasio because a big issue was stop and frisk and De Blasios wife and kids are black and his son was a target of this so he was able to appeal to people on these issues.
If the sexting thing had not come out Weiner would have won the election for Mayor .
Peppertoo
(438 posts)4. I had not realized that.
Weiner indirectly is also responsible for the Comey memo.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)3. Honestly? By spouting liberal platitudes....
...and framing Council Speaker Christine Quinn as the "establishment" choice and too close to Bloomberg.
