NBCNews has confirmed that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders in Nevada

[Donkees]

Link to tweet

[BusyBeingBest]

1. That's nice of him--good for Bernie.

I feel like Bill DeBlasio ran for President and I missed it, but I might have hallucinated that. I don't know.

[lunasun]

2. No NY love to Bloomberg ?

Incapable of being gracious’: De Blasio fumes over Bloomberg bid

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/472100-de-blasio-i-have-spent-literally-six-years-undoing-what-michael-bloomberg

During de Blasio’s frigid 2014 inauguration ceremony, Bloomberg sat in the audience grimacing as de Blasio and his hand-picked participants laced into the former mayor’s record, his “plantation called New York,” and the “Dickensian” justice system wrought by Bloomberg’s use of stop-and-frisk policing.

[brooklynite]

7. NYPD recorded highest stop-and-frisk numbers last year since 2015

New York Post

Police stop-and-frisk jumped more than 22 percent last year — the first increase under Mayor Bill de Blasio and the highest number of stops since 2015, a new report says.

The new data, released Friday by the NYPD, shows the controversial stops jumped in 2019 to 13,459 — up from 11,008 the year prior.

The NYPD attributed the increase to cops properly reporting stops due to improved training in the “very complex area of law.”

“It’s unlikely to be a true increase in stops but rather more accurate and complete reporting,” an NYPD spokesperson said.

[cherryinpa]

3. This is big

I'm no fan of Bernie but to get the mayor of the biggest city in the country is a big deal.

Feels a little like when some of the heavy hitters started to come out and back another guy who was labelled a socialist back in 2008.

I still feel the environment isn't right for a Bernie in 2020, but its Erie how similar this is unfolding.

[UniteFightBack]

6. He's really not liked here, nor anywhere he goes. nt

[evertonfc]

4. yawn

Outside of NYC he has zero influence. Probably a liability in a general

[CTyankee]

8. I second your yawn...and I second your liability statement...

[Fresh_Start]

5. he couldn't find a nevada politicians to do it?

does deBlasio have major weight in Nevada?

[Donkees]

9. The New York Hotel Trades Council endorsed de Blasio, and their affiliate is the Culinary Union

[Fresh_Start]

10. The Culinary Union declined to endorse anyone

so is this like having your grandma say you are a handsome lad?