And when you stop talking working class issues and people are hurting and you having this intellectual conversation and have a philosophical approach of just addressing what are people feeling every day. And I have never left the streets. On the subways, I would stop in the middle of the night when barbershops close down. I would go inside and sit down, smoke a cigar, drink a little Hennessy with the people inside and just feel them. And they're saying that the party's not talking to us. (13:19–13:29)
CLAIM
Asserts that Eric Adams frequently engages with the public in informal settings, such as subways and barbershops.
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