Eric Adams: “I had a record that young people looked up to. Here you had…”

“And Biden talked about it when he partnered his son. He said, this is going to hurt your name. This is going to hurt you financially. This is going to destroy you. I had a record that young people looked up to. Here you had a black man that overcame learning disabilities, overcame poverty, went on to become a captain, state senator, first black bar president, second black mayor. And out of nowhere, all of that disappeared in 15 months. And I got to rebuild my name because of that. It was wrong what they did to me and my family.” (19:06–19:20)

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