New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) criticized the House Republican Party on Wednesday over plans to hold a hearing in the Big Apple on crime in the city.
The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), is expected to convene in Manhattan next week for a hearing that will review the policies of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who announced charges against the former President Trump last week.
According to the committee’s schedule, the hearing will examine how Bragg’s “pro-crime, anti-victim policies have led to an increase in violent crime and a dangerous community for New York City residents.”
Adams taunted the audience during a press conference focused on his appointment of a new rat czar to town.
“I was sure they understood that crime was running so high in their constituencies that they wanted to come and meet me alone and find out what we’re doing so successfully,” Adams said of Republican lawmakers.
“I’m a little disappointed that they come here to complain about the crime here when, per capita, their crime is through the roof,” he said.
“And they keep talking about the open proliferation of weapons. Their weapons come from…the southern states to our cities, like New York and Chicago and others,” Adams added.
Bragg has come under fire from many on the right after the Manhattan prosecutor’s office indicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump pleaded not guilty and continued to criticize Bragg and the case, denouncing it as politically motivated.
Adams said he “really misunderstood” the House Republicans’ hearing when he first heard about it, saying he had not been contacted about participating.
The mayor added that “this is just an extension of the Donald Trump campaign, and it really doesn’t make sense.” As the Manhattan case continues, Adams noted that the city is preparing for Trump to return to the city more often.
The House Judiciary GOP Twitter account on Wednesday shout a Washington Post fact-checker who cited data indicating that New York City is safer than Mansfield, Ohio, in Jordan’s own borough.
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