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Piers Morgan Interview with New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Political Challenges and Allegations

Published May 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:25

All of those things came out. When you think about the sitting mayor of the most important city in America to have undergone that, it's just problematic. And I'm happy that the Department of Justice did their own analysis and came to a conclusion. If you are so like supportive of so much of what Trump is doing, why not go the whole hog and just run as a Republican? (19:25–19:31)

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Asserts satisfaction with the Department of Justice's independent analysis and conclusion.

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“I brought back all the jobs that we lost in the city.”
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“I believe in public safety. It's a prerequisite to our prosperity.”
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“I was talking about securing our borders, protecting New Yorkers and Americans.”
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“I flew down pre election to the Darien gap in south and Central America and to our borders.”
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“Where I believe this administration went wrong. Like the clawback of $80 million from FEMA, we took actions against that.”
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“Some of the money that was clawed back from New York City that the previous administration gave us, we earned that money.”
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“I'm the mayor of the economic engine of this country and state.”
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“I traveled to Washington 10 times to talk about border issues.”
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“Every Democrat is not doing that. President Hocu went to Washington several times to sit down with the, with the president.”
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“We know we've been held hostage by China. Just about every product we have is made in China.”
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“During COVID our mere face mask, our PPEs, our supply chain, was all dependent outside our country.”
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“People who commit crimes and hurt innocent people, I'm going to collaborate with all of my federal partners to bring them to justice.”
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“After they serve their time and after conviction, they need to be deported if they're undocumented.”
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“I was wrongly charged. I've said it from before. I should have never been charged.”
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“I decreased crime in this city, decreased unemployment.”
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“This city recovered under this administration in spite of what I was going through.”
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“There have been appear to have been volunteers that did things.”
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“I'm running as a Democrat, but I have a line as an independent name.”
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“ICE is not a criminal organization. Let's be clear on that. ICE is a federal law enforcement agency.”
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“We don't collaborate because of the law here on civil enforcement.”
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“I darn sure will collaborate with them to go after bad guys like we did this weekend.”
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