Sometimes a story just springs off the screen and shouts, “You can’t make this stuff up!” Listen to this statement from New York City Mayor Eric Adams:
NYC Mayor says illegal aliens could solve lifeguard shortage because they’re ‘excellent swimmers’ pic.twitter.com/VwPmPLKob6
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 14, 2024
Did you get that? Mayor Adams assumes that illegal aliens are good swimmers, perhaps because they had to swim to get here – isn’t that, well, racist? Why didn’t he just come right out and suggest that a certain portion of their clothing may contain more moisture due to that traversing of the Rio Grande?
The New York Post had a thing or two to say about this debacle.
Hizzoner dropped the comment after being asked during a City Hall briefing about lifeguard staffing at the city’s beaches and pools, which have increasingly had issues in recent years, ahead of Memorial…