Charlamagne Tha God rips Eric Adams as hypocrite for evacuating migrants out of NYC
Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God mocked New York City's Democratic Mayor for his approach to illegal immigrants seeking asylum in his city.
Popular radio and television personality Charlamagne Tha God mocked New York City Mayor Eric Adams' efforts to evacuate migrants out of the self-described "sanctuary city," saying the Democrat was only a progressive "in theory."
The "Hell of a Week" host was guest-hosting "The Daily Show" Tuesday night when he took a shot at Adams.
"Every week, thousands are arriving in the city, and now, Mayor Eric Adams is taking a break from the club to figure out what to do with them," he teased.
The Democratic mayor has repeatedly warned illegal immigrants to stay away from New York City, saying there is not enough shelter or services to accommodate them. Officials recently announced they were now offering one-way plane tickets to migrants to leave the city.
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Migrants camp out in front of the Watson Hotel after being evicted, on February 01, 2023, in New York City (Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress)
Charlamagne played a clip of the mayor pleading for ideas on "how to manage the situation."
"If you have good ideas for us on how to manage the situation, I am begging for your ideas," Adams says in the clip.
The liberal host ripped Adams for crowdsourcing for solutions.
"No, no. Our ideas? That’s not how this works! Our idea was to elect you to handle this! Imagine a doctor asking, hmm, ‘What do you think your kidneys need?’" he joked.
Charlamagne then called out Adams for only having a welcoming attitude toward migrants when the immigration crisis was affecting other states.
"What bugs me is, Eric Adams was very progressive on immigration when it wasn’t a problem in New York. When it was only Texas dealing with it, he was like, ‘we need to open our hearts to the migrants.’ Now that they are coming to New York, he’s like, ‘Build the wall,’" he mocked.
"What it all comes down to is, a lot of people are progressive in theory until they get tested. Half the people who want to abolish the police, the moment they get robbed, they are calling 911, like, ‘Send me your most racist cop,’" Charlamagne said.
MIGRANTS DEFY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS' CALLS FOR THEM TO STAY AWAY FROM NEW YORK: 'WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE'
Radio host Charlamagne Tha God said Eric Adams was only progressive on immigration when "it wasn’t a problem in New York." (Getty Images)
In July, New York City rolled out posters discouraging migrants seeking asylum. The posters warned "there is no guarantee we will be able to provide shelter and services to new arrivals" and "Housing in NYC is very expensive."
Mayor Adams' shifting attitude towards illegal immigrants has led to criticism from some progressives.
In September, Adams blamed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for bussing migrants out of Texas into New York City and predicted the migrant crisis would "destroy" the city. His comments led to one MSNBC host calling him a "Trump knockoff."
A spokesperson for Mayor Adams sent Fox News Digital said while the city takes pride in helping others there is a limit to the resources available.
"While Mayor Adams has been clear that New York City has reached its breaking point, disregarding the herculean efforts New York City has made thus far in handling this crisis is an insult to the thousands of city workers and volunteers who have moved heaven and earth for the tens of thousands of asylum seekers who have arrived here thus far. Since spring 2022, we've assisted over 136,500 asylum seekers, established over 210 emergency shelters, and offered vital services like food, medical care, casework, legal assistance, and more," the spokesperson said. "We take great pride in providing the compassion and care that others seem to lack, but as we have repeatedly said, with thousands of asylum seekers continuing to arrive every week, New York City cannot continue to do this alone. While our compassion may be limitless, our resources are not."
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The article was updated to include a statement from Mayor Adam's office.
Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
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