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jmg257

(11,996 posts)
2. Because NYC has been a disaster the last few nights, and nothing is getting better?
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:41 PM
Jun 2020

that would be my bet. Cuomo saying stupid stuff about allowing idealistic people out past curfew, and Deblasio doing nothing to enforce his.

O maybe because Cuomo messed up with the nursing homes re: covid-19?

Hmmm...

Why are Cuomo and De Blasio fighting? [View all] Dem4Life1102 Jun 2020 OP
As I understand it, they don't really seem to like each other much. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #1
Because NYC has been a disaster the last few nights, and nothing is getting better? jmg257 Jun 2020 #2
Why are all these politicians so concerned about keeping the city safe from looting... PTWB Jun 2020 #3
Because they have to answer to 100s of business owners who are totally screwed now, and they need jmg257 Jun 2020 #5
Hmmm PTWB Jun 2020 #6
probably better if they chose both - they chose...poorly. so they're royally screwed. jmg257 Jun 2020 #7
The vast majority of protesters have been peaceful. NYC Liberal Jun 2020 #8
Excellent points added. And people do not like seeing their shit get destroyed, not their stores jmg257 Jun 2020 #11
How has peacefully protesting helped? PTWB Jun 2020 #12
So what do you suggest? SharonClark Jun 2020 #19
You're kind of proving my point. People rioted after the Rodney King killing and, as you say: NYC Liberal Jun 2020 #26
Not working. PTWB Jun 2020 #28
If you believe that destroying businesses, many of them minority owned ... 11 Bravo Jun 2020 #30
I can understand the thought process.. PTWB Jun 2020 #34
Ransacking a Best Buy and stealing some iPhones will fix it. NYC Liberal Jun 2020 #32
Why do you think so many corporations are starting to acknowledge BLM/police brutality? PTWB Jun 2020 #35
Sure seems that those who are looting could really not give a shit about George Floyd. jmg257 Jun 2020 #38
👆👆👆 Voting locally is absolutely as important as voting in a presidential election year. crickets Jun 2020 #33
Because if a small business store gets destroyed, the owner is beyond screwed Polybius Jun 2020 #10
Better homeless than murdered by the police. PTWB Jun 2020 #13
You make it seem like it has to be one or the other Polybius Jun 2020 #14
Of course both would be better. PTWB Jun 2020 #15
I understand, but there are other ways to do it without destroying a small store Polybius Jun 2020 #16
I'm for anything short of violence that will stop the murder of black men. PTWB Jun 2020 #17
So destroying property stops the murder SharonClark Jun 2020 #22
Eventually, hopefully, yes. PTWB Jun 2020 #24
It'll never 100% stop Polybius Jun 2020 #41
How long do you think they're gonna put up with rioting and looters? jmg257 Jun 2020 #18
What do you think the answer is? PTWB Jun 2020 #23
I don't have the answer. They want to get violent, they should prepare for the consequences. jmg257 Jun 2020 #25
Wow. PTWB Jun 2020 #27
You are talking 2 separate issues. Cop on black violence, and rioting and looting. jmg257 Jun 2020 #29
I suppose you could ask the many minority business owners who lost everything ... 11 Bravo Jun 2020 #36
Why don't you ask the families of the men who have ACTUALLY lost "everything.." PTWB Jun 2020 #37
I heard George Floyd's brother speak yesterday. 11 Bravo Jun 2020 #40
Can't people be concerned about both? Renew Deal Jun 2020 #42
they don't like each other and usually it's an ego thing. glad california JI7 Jun 2020 #4
They have been fighting for years Polybius Jun 2020 #9
Lol - there it is! Because Cuomo is "disappointed and outraged about what happened last night". jmg257 Jun 2020 #20
Because they've been fighting since the day they met. clementine613 Jun 2020 #21
Cuomo said he could remove De Blasio and take over his job as mayor? thats gotta sting Baclava Jun 2020 #31
Legitimate differences, plus testoterone. n/t demmiblue Jun 2020 #39
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