NY Democrats claim they’re working ‘behind the scenes’ on migrant crisis — fat chanceBy Bob McManus
Published Sep. 10, 2023
Is Mayor Adams, sorely burdened by inconvenient truths, telling a fib?
He says US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries – Brooklyn Boyz both – are fully engaged with New York’s migrant crisis.
Only it’s like, you know, behind the scenes.
“They haven’t been quiet,” said Hizzoner Saturday. “I’ve been speaking with them on the phone. They’re fighting on behalf of New Yorkers.”
There is no evidence that this is true.
But suppose for a moment that Adams is indeed correct. What would that say about Schumer and Jeffries – the two most powerful Democrats in Congress – and their sidekick from the sticks, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of Albany?
The cause of Gotham’s misery is Washington, not New York – and thus no New Yorkers are better positioned to address the crisis than these three.
And yet here we have a trifecta of futility – collective impotence in the face of crisis. It’s hard to believe they’re not complicit, with Adams’ implausible assurances providing cover.
The mayor, of course, always thinks small. His sense of “fighting on behalf of New Yorkers” – more federal cash, work permits and such – is wildly irrelevant.
But consider this.
There’s a story, probably apocryphal yet squarely on point, of a post-presidential visit to China by Jimmy Carter– who on arrival delivers a human-rights lecture to whichever bloody-fisted thug was then running the Middle Kingdom.
The fellow listens politely, then gazes across the table at Carter and asks: “Do you not have enough citizens in need of human rights, Mr. President? We can send you some. Will 100 million be enough? Two-hundred million?”
This tale, fanciful though it may be, underscores a critical fact: While the world will never lack for people in search of human rights – euphemistically, “asylum-seekers” – America’s ability to accommodate them is profoundly limited.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/09/10/ny-dems-claim-theyre-working-behind-the-scenes-on-migrant-crisis/
