{"id":1392606,"date":"2022-03-21T18:45:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392606"},"modified":"2022-03-21T18:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:45:43","slug":"boston-mayor-michelle-wu-blasted-for-white-jokes-at-st-patricks-day-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-blasted-for-white-jokes-at-st-patricks-day-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Blasted For \u2018White\u2019 Jokes At St. Patrick\u2019s Day Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-mayor-michelle-wu-blasted-for-white-jokes-at-st-patricks-day-breakfast%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Wu.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) is catching heat for jokes made at Boston\u2019s annual St. Patrick\u2019s Day Breakfast this past Sunday which appeared to malign her political opponents for being \u201cwhite.\u201d Critics are saying that Wu\u2019s jokes are racist and unbefitting of a public official.<\/p>\n<p>Wu, elected last November, instituted several vaccine and mask mandates for Boston\u2019s city employees and various businesses this past winter.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, those mandates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/boston-mayor-implies-vax-mandate-protesters-chanting-usa-were-fueled-by-hatred-and-fear-and-confusion\">drew protests<\/a>\u00a0from hundreds of people including the Boston First Responders United, a group of local first responders. As The Daily Wire previously reported, Wu implied those protesters were driven out of hatred, fear, and confusion.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday at the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Breakfast, Wu joked that her first few months in office have not been easy thanks to those supposedly prejudiced protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis past winter was pretty intense, trial by snow, trial by firefighters union,\u201d Wu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/suffolk-county\/lots-laughs-few-tears-annual-saint-patricks-day-breakfast-boston\/UGCWB725LFCMJCURPQV65JPT4Q\/\">said<\/a> at the breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m getting used to dealing with problems that are expensive, disruptive, and white \u2013 I\u2019m talking about snowflakes, snowstorms, snowflakes!\u201d Wu said to stuttered laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Wu went on to take a jab at a Massachusetts Republican candidate for governor, Geoff Diehl, implying that his policies would regress the state backward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say though jumping forward an hour isn\u2019t easy, but it is better than Geoff Diehl\u2019s proposal that we make him governor and set us all back 50 years,\u201d Wu joked, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/suffolk-county\/lots-laughs-few-tears-annual-saint-patricks-day-breakfast-boston\/UGCWB725LFCMJCURPQV65JPT4Q\/\">according<\/a> to Boston 25.<\/p>\n<p>In reaction popular Twitter account \u201cLibs of Tik Tok\u201d tweeted, \u201cBoston Mayor thinks it\u2019s okay to be racist to white people. Disgusting[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m getting used to dealing with problems that are expensive, disruptive and white\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Boston Mayor thinks it\u2019s okay to be racist to white people. Disgusting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ky5Lnd5SUN\">pic.twitter.com\/Ky5Lnd5SUN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1505967374381379586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">The Boston First Responders United, an area group of Boston first responders opposed too mandates, tweeted, \u201d #Boston<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorWu\">@MayorWu <\/a><\/span>has finally shown her true colors. This isn\u2019t funny. This is disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m getting used to dealing w problems that are expensive, disruptive &#038; White\u201d. -Boston Mayor Michelle Wu<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Boston?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Boston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorWu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorWu<\/a> has finally shown her true colors. <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t funny. This is disgusting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShameOnWu?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShameOnWu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CotterReporter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CotterReporter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TuckerCarlson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowieCarrShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HowieCarrShow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoctorTurtleboy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DoctorTurtleboy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eFTWomIH3O\">pic.twitter.com\/eFTWomIH3O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston First Responders United (BFRU) (@BostonFRU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonFRU\/status\/1505676783475122182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wu also took aim at protesters who have been outside of her home nearly every morning since the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, The Daily Caller <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/21\/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-st-patricks-day-white-problems\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI am proud to be the first mom to be elected to this office in Boston.\u00a0 It comes with the good and the bad. This morning I woke up once again to the sound of children throwing a tantrum,\u201d she said of protesters outside her home. \u201cThey\u2019re banging drums, blowing whistles, and shouting on their megaphones that I have to stop being a woke millennial. I agree. At the crack of dawn, I\u2019d much rather be a sleeping millennial.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A recently highly-circulated video showed a taste of what Wu has dealt with outside of her residence as Boston moms and parents have demanded an end to the mandates:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood morning, Mayor Wu!\u201d one protester can be heard in a very thick Boston accent. That video can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Omg. These people have been outside Boston Mayor Michelle Wu\u2019s house every morning demanding she unmask the kids:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nVFVMzg90h\">pic.twitter.com\/nVFVMzg90h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Meads (@TimMeadsUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMeadsUSA\/status\/1496463591549120513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the day Wu announced the mandates from city hall, a number of protesters sang the national anthem and chanted \u201cU-S-A!\u201d as she held her press conference.<\/p>\n<p>In response to those individuals, Wu implied the anti-mandate protesters were \u201cracist,\u201d The Daily Wire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/boston-mayor-implies-vax-mandate-protesters-chanting-usa-were-fueled-by-hatred-and-fear-and-confusion\">reported<\/a> in December:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve grown up my whole life knowing what it feels like to feel invisible or othered, and this is an experience that far too many Americans share,\u201d Wu told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/politics\/2021\/12\/22\/wu-says-hateful-comments-have-flooded-her-office-since-announcing-new-vaccine-regulations\">GBH<\/a>. \u201cStanding at the podium, hearing the demonstrators who were opposing our policies singing patriotic songs and chanting \u2018USA\u2019 \u2014 the message was clear that we don\u2019t belong here in their eyes, and shouldn\u2019t be trying to take away something that they perceive they have and are losing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n[\u2026]\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a very sad situation,\u201d she continued. \u201cBecause we\u2019ve gotten so far from the American values that brought my family and so many families here, amidst tremendous sacrifice, to be part of this special place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wu also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2021\/12\/23\/michelle-wu-hateful-messages-vaccine-requirement\/\">said<\/a> that it was wrong for protesters to equate being anti-vax with being patriotic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is still a part of our society, even in this state, even in this city, that really feels like something is being taken away from them,\u201d Wu also said. \u201cThat is based in misinformation, it\u2019s based in, I think at some level, hatred, and fear and confusion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wu is the first non-white, female Boston mayor in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) is catching heat for jokes made at Boston\u2019s annual St. Patrick\u2019s Day Breakfast this past Sunday which appeared to malign her political opponents for being<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}