Eric Adams reveals who he is voting for as he heads into polls, mayor backing candidate he was once critical of

Mayor Eric Adams voted for the presidential candidate he had once taken direct aim at.

Published on: Nov 6, 2024, 06:39:12 IST

By Sumanti Sen

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Mayor Eric Adams has revealed that he voted for Kamala Harris. Hizzoner headed into the polls on Tuesday, October 5.

Eric Adams reveals who he is voting for as he heads into polls (Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)

As he walked into Public School 81 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, reporters asked Adams who he was backing. “The same person I endorsed,” Adams replied. “VP Kamala Harris.”

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Adams refused to answer any more questions, claiming that voicing his opinion was “electioneering.” Adams endorsed Harris after she replaced Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race. However, he has remained rather quiet about her candidacy for the rest of her campaign.

‘I think that she is the voice that the party needs right now’

Adams is backing Harris despite his criticism of the migrant crisis. Earlier this year, he slammed the federal government and called for more help in dealing with New York’s migrant crisis.

“I’ve been frustrated with the national leadership. Dealing with immigration reform is something that we have failed at for years, even prior to this administration. That was very clear. We needed one person, a czar, to deal with the influx of migrants that were coming to our country who were paroled in,” Adams previously said in an interview with CNN.

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Adams once even took direct aim at Harris over immigration at the US-Mexico border. “It is often stated that it’s the role of the VP. That’s too much in her portfolio to be focused on just doing that decompression strategy. If not, the decompression strategy can’t be New York City. That’s what we have basically, a witness,” Adams said in March 2023.

However, despite his criticism, it is the VP he endorsed after Biden dropped out. “I think that she is the voice that the party needs right now,” Adams said in an interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe at the time.

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Sumanti Sen
Sumanti Sen covers everything that’s happening in the US, from politics to entertainment, but her expertise lies in covering crime news. She has comprehensively chronicled the Idaho student murders, the Laken Riley and Iryna Zarutska cases, and the killing of Charlie Kirk, among other incidents. Over the years, she has interviewed several victims/families of victims of crimes seeking justice. She digs up stories that might otherwise remain unheard, and does her bit to ensure that victims and survivors’ voices are heard. Sumanti’s many years of experience also include interviews with Hamas attack survivors and mental health experts, among others. Her coverage of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and interviews with survivors of the tragedy, coupled with her other works including the Titan submersible coverage, earned her the Digi Journo of the Quarter award during her first year at Hindustan Times. Sumanti actively tracks missing person cases in the United States, and peruses Reddit and other social media platforms to bring to light cases that frequently elude public attention. She has extensively covered the disappearances of Nancy Guthrie, Thomas Medlin, Beau Mann, and Sudiksha Konanki, among others. When not at work, you will either find her with her novels, or with her beloved rescue pooches.Read More

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