NYC Mayor Adams says Democratic Party 'left me, and it left working-class people'

NEW YORK - In an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the Democratic Party has abandoned him and regular, working-class people.

Adams says he is "at the end of the line"

What they're saying:

"People often say, ‘You don’t sound like a Democrat, and you seem to have left the party'" Adams said in a preview clip posted on X. "No, the party left me, and it left working-class people."

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"People often say well, you know, you don't sound like a Democrat, and you know, you seem to have left the party. No, the party left me, and it left working-class people."

The interview aired at 6 p.m. Tuesday on Carlson's network.

In the clip, Adams says that he thinks that he was punished by the Democratic Party for his outspoken position on the New York City migrant crisis, and claimed that former President Joe Biden told him to "be a good Democrat" when he asked for more federal assistance.

"We were getting Venezuealan gang leaders that were coming to the city, creating crimes," Adams said, before adding that he is "At the end of the line."

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Last week, Adams defended his private meeting with President Donald Trump as the Republican prepared to retake the White House.

"I’m the mayor of the biggest city in America," Adams added, following remarks about the city’s preparations for a weekend snowstorm. "I’m supposed to speak with the president, like I spoke with President Biden."

Eric Adams (C), mayor of New York, attends the inauguration ceremony where Donald Trump will sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ALEXANDER DRAGO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXAND

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Trump has criticized the federal bribery case against Adams and said he is open to giving the mayor, who had been a registered Republican in the 1990s, a pardon.

Adams also attended Trump's inauguration on Monday and said he had instructed officials to lawfully cooperate with Trump’s agenda around immigration and other issues, while flatly refusing to criticize the president or any of his policies.

"I’m not going to be warring with the president," Adams told reporters. "I’m going to be working with the president."

The backstory:

Mayor Adams had repeatedly criticized the Biden administration's response to the migrant crisis in New York City, at one point saying it would "destroy" the city. 

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The mayor said more than 110,000 migrants have arrived in the city in the past year. He railed against President Biden for failing to help the city and control the border.

"We're getting no support on this national crisis," Adams said in 2023, and railed against Biden for failing to help the city and control the border.

Adams been facing a difficult bid for re-election after he was indicted on federal criminal charges in September 2024, and is facing a slew of challengers in the Democratic primary.