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Eric Adams: “You cannot send a signal that right here in America we're…”

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'NO LEGAL MEANS': Eric Adams decries Mamdani's Netanyahu arrest threats

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

And so we have to think about how this rhetoric is, first of all, is bad to do, but it's also dangerous for Americans abroad. You know, since being out of office, I've traveled to different countries. You cannot send a signal that right here in America we're not going to respect a sovereign leader of a country. and you're going to talk about as a local mayor arresting the individual. This is just bad to even put that statement out. (01:13–01:21)

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Asserts that it is important for America to respect sovereign leaders of other countries.

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