Justice
Why Do People Love to Hate Bill de Blasio?
The New York mayor succeeded in uniting the left and right in mocking him. But here’s the thing: De Blasio's record as a progressive leader is actually strong.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took his presidential campaign off life support on September 20, ending its prolonged and utterly uneventful illness. “It’s clearly not my time,” the mayor told the hosts of Morning Joe on Friday. “I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election.”
But it wasn’t over for de Blasio yet. The mayor’s biggest impact on the 2020 election arrived the moment his campaign ended: the roast. New Yorkers dunked on him. The Federal Election Commission appeared to dunk on him. The NPR pledge drive definitely dunked on him. Fellow New Yorker and would-be opponent President Donald Trump—viciously, gleefully—dunked on him.