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Eric Adams: “We had laws to stop Chinese immigration.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Final thoughts from Mayor Eric Adams as his term ends | The Point Full Episode 12.21.25

Published | Video Starts at 12:41

I think we've normalized antisemitism and we've normalized hating Jewish people. We've normalized that. And just as we've normalized in history, other groups remember, we've normalized hating blacks, we normalize hating Chinese. We had laws to stop Chinese immigration. How do we stop it? Yes, we can. And that's part of what I want to do when I get out of office. (12:41–12:45)

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