NYC Mayor de Blasio draws some ire for not endorsing Clinton
Mayor Bill de Blasio, under fire from some fellow Democrats for not immediately endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, didn’t back off his stance Tuesday, saying he needed to “hear what the vision is” before giving her his blessing.
De Blasio, who has close ties to Clinton and her husband, defended his remarks two days after he made an appearance on “Meet the Press” and raised eyebrows by saying he wouldn’t back the favorite for the Democratic nomination until he heard her stance on a number of progressive issues, including the fight to close the income inequality gap.
“This is the first time we’re going to hear her talk about a host of issues,” de Blasio said at an unrelated news conference. “And, by the way, the last time she was a candidate for president eight long years ago, the Great Recession had just begun, we had no idea how bad it was going to get. The income inequality crisis was bad, but nowhere near as bad it is.”