{"id":572274,"date":"2021-06-23T18:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T22:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=572274"},"modified":"2021-06-23T18:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T22:51:18","slug":"outgoing-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-claims-his-big-sin-was-just-going-for-long-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outgoing-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-claims-his-big-sin-was-just-going-for-long-walks\/","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Claims His Big \u2018Sin\u2019 Was Just Going For Long Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Foutgoing-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-claims-his-big-sin-was-just-going-for-long-walks%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=572274&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1206290360-scaled-e1624482418137.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is nearing the end of his tenure, called his walks amid the coronavirus pandemic \u201cthe thing that makes people upset,\u201d hinting at it being his only \u201csin,\u201d a Wednesday report says.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio took aim at the candidates in the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/eric-adams-kathryn-garcia-mayor-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYC mayoral race<\/a>, describing their performance during the final mayoral debate as a \u201cbad high school debate,\u201d in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/06\/22\/outgoing-mayor-bill-deblasio-new-york-city-walk-495290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with Politico.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.1538461538462\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As voters ready to pick his successor, Bill de Blasio reflects on his legacy and his relationship with a city that loves to hate him <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a7mvJkkUzt\">https:\/\/t.co\/a7mvJkkUzt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/1407341423456829446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was just so petty. It was like, is this really healthy? Is this really as good as it gets?\u201d he said of the debate. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/bill-de-blasio-endorsement-nyc-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Bill De Blasio\u2019s Endorsement For Any Mayoral Candidate Could Bury Their Chances 6 Feet Below, Poll Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, the folks who are corrupt, and the folks who really are not in it to help people, go get \u2019em. But there\u2019s a lot of decent people. And don\u2019t try and like find things that aren\u2019t there,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/13\/worst-mayor-ever-protesters-de-blasio-climate-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">de Blasio<\/a> added, apparently contrasting himself with the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>He then proceeded to lament the public\u2019s reaction to his long mid-day strolls during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if my sin is, I go for walks, I\u2019m like, really? Think about that! The thing that makes people upset is [me] going for walks,\u201d the outgoing mayor complained.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/22\/de-blasio-walks-off-for-strolls-as-city-struggles-to-get-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">piece<\/a> published by the New York Post in October 2020 blasted de Blasio for repeatedly walking off the job to go on walks, despite the deep crisis in which the city grappling with the outbreak was.<\/p>\n<p>The track record of the mayor has more than just walks that could \u201cupset\u201d city residents, including confusing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/de-blasio-schools-fully-reopen-new-york-city-covid-19-social-distancing-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school reopening plans<\/a>, his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/05\/bill-de-blasio-andrew-cuomo-arrogance-vaccine-fines-hospitals-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feud<\/a> with Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a recent worrisome <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/mayor-de-blasio-still-gets-the-crime-problem-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spike in crime rate<\/a>, according to Politico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is nearing the end of his tenure, called his walks amid the coronavirus pandemic \u201cthe thing that makes people upset,\u201d hinting &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281166,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1206290360-scaled-e1624482418137.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Outgoing NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Claims His Big \u2018Sin\u2019 Was Just Going For Long Walks","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1206290360-scaled-e1624482418137.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Outgoing NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Claims His Big \u2018Sin\u2019 Was Just Going For Long Walks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572274","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}