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Eric Adams: “We should not resolve our concerns with bullets. It should…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams on 9/11, Charlie Kirk & rising hate: 'Ballot, not bullets'

Published | Video Starts at 05:40

… when you watch in front of our eyes, for him to be assassinated merely because of his beliefs, this is not the country we want to leave for our children. We should not resolve our concerns with bullets. It should be with the ballot. It should be with debate, not destruction. But we have engulfed this belief by a small number of people who believe the only way to answer these questions is through violence. (05:40–05:49)

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Advocates for resolving issues through democratic means rather than violence.

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