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Bloomberg takes credit for leading NYC through 9/11 %u2014 when Giuliani was mayor
[NYPOST] Presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg ...Billionaire former Republicanmayor and nanny of New York, Dem candidate for president in 2020. Wants to rid the country of assault weapons, other kinds of guns, and 32-ounce soft drinks... takes credit for leading New York "through" the 9/11 attacks in a campaign ad. But there’s one problem: He didn’t become mayor until four months later. Touting his leadership chops, the billionaire released a 30-second video including the claim. "I led a complex, diverse city through 9/11 and I have common-sense plans to move America away from the chaos to progress," Bloomberg, 78, is seen saying at a campaign rally. But Rudy Giuliani was mayor during the attacks, and he didn’t hand Bloomberg the keys to Gracie Mansion until Jan. 1, 2002. Remember "America's Mayor"? Check our archives if you're not a believer. Bloomberg downplays central role in changing city term limits [NYPOST] Mike Bloomberg tried to downplay his center-stage role in pushing the City Council to override the Big Apple’s strict term limits and allow him a third run for mayor — insisting it was the lawmakers’ doing. The eye-popping remark came amid an answer to a question during an MSNBC interview Friday morning about whether he would seek to change the US Constitution to allow for a similar maneuver. “I will not try to change the Constitution. That’s correct,” the billionaire media mogul said, before adding: “Yes, but keep in mind it was my City Council that did it.” That account glossed over Bloomberg’s acrimonious 2008 effort to pressure city lawmakers into changing the law. Bloomberg’s 2009 Democratic rival, city Comptroller Bill Thompson, objected, calling it “a suspension of democracy in New York City.” Quinnipiac University pollsters found 89 percent of voters wanted a referendum rather than a city council vote. Bloomberg argued at the time that the Great Recession required steady leadership. “There are times when you know a job is done, and there are times when you feel you’re in the thick of major changes that still require hard work and careful management and tough accountability,” he said at a City Hall press conference. Posted by: Fred 2020-02-29 |
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