Cease tweeting and provides me a name.
That’s the blunt message Mayor Eric Adams had for socialist darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Friday as their feud over state races and town funds continues to warmth up.
Within the newest iteration, Adams took on AOC for Twitter-bashing Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as a substitute of choosing up the cellphone to voice her fury after the pol punished the left within the metropolis’s $101 billion funds.
“I feel there’s skilled courtesy, that it is a matter. You understand, don’t tweet — converse. Decide up the cellphone. Name your colleague and say, ‘I’m involved,’” Adams suggested AOC, who wasn’t current, on Friday throughout an unrelated occasion within the Bronx.
The Bronx-Queens congresswoman accused Speaker Adams of creating “film villain”-like selections earlier this week, after the speaker excluded a number of hard-left members’ names from initiatives funded in her $41.5 million discretionary fund.
The speaker defended the selection with out utilizing AOC’s identify, arguing she doesn’t have the “privilege” of managing town on Twitter or social media — regardless of what “some federal elected officers” suppose.
She additionally mentioned all of the lefty councilmembers’ districts whose names had been stripped from the funding didn’t lose cash — they simply weren’t getting credit score for the initiatives as they beforehand indicated they’d be “no” votes on the funds. Adams additionally mentioned no less than one of many cuts to a Boys and Women Membership in Astoria, which noticed its $150,000 grant awarded final yr lower to only $75,000, was a mistake.
“I’m positive Speaker Adams would love to take a seat down with the congressperson. I’m undecided of what’s this new type of governance that you simply tweet your considerations,” a perplexed Mayor Adams mused.
“How about simply talking? How about choosing up the cellphone and asking and giving your recommendation?” continued Adams. “I’m positive this, the speaker will take her name.”
“We’re not into this, ‘Let’s simply, you understand, go on social media and tweet out our considerations.’ Let’s discuss to one another!”
“As a congressional consultant, I feel it will be higher for her to only choose up the cellphone and simply converse with Speaker Adams — who I discover to be a tremendous communicator and a very good chief.”
A rep for AOC didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
