Why No One Takes Bill de Blasio Seriously
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🗓️ 20 May 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he would run for president, the mockery was swift. City tabloids were typically disdainful (New York Post: “Everyone Hates Bill!”). New York’s attorney general quipped, “Why?” Even de Blasio’s former staffers have declined to voice support for their old boss’s presidential bid. Here, now, an explanation for why New Yorkers are so sure their mayor would be a bad fit for the White House.
Guest: Henry Grabar, Slate staff writer.
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| 0:00.0 | So how many people are running for president now? |
| 0:07.4 | Is he 24? |
| 0:08.7 | I think we're a 23 or 24? |
| 0:11.0 | Who can keep track? |
| 0:12.3 | Henry Grubar writes for Slate. |
| 0:14.5 | But more importantly, he's a New Yorker. |
| 0:16.7 | That's why I dragged him into the studio to try to make the best argument for why our mayor, Bill de Blasio, should be running for president. |
| 0:25.3 | It's like one of those premium cable channels packages where you're just never going to watch those other things. |
| 0:32.2 | They've been throwing in there. |
| 0:33.9 | And you're like, oh, Channel 44, the de Blasio channel. |
| 0:36.4 | Like, did I? |
| 0:37.6 | Was I watching this last night when I came home from the party? |
| 0:41.0 | Okay, here's my best argument. |
| 0:42.8 | He's tall. |
| 0:44.3 | Like, that's it. |
| 0:45.1 | He's, like, really tall. |
| 0:47.3 | He will tower over anyone in a debate, pretty much, unless James Comey runs. |
| 0:54.0 | And, like, the tallest guy usually wins, right? |
| 0:56.3 | Donald Trump was probably the tallest guy running for president in 2016, right? |
| 1:00.1 | That's what I'm saying. |
| 1:01.2 | The data supports your hypothesis. |
| 1:04.3 | Bill de Blasio was a dark horse candidate when he ran from air back in 2013. |
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