OPINION: Mayor Bill De Blasio doubled down on New York City’s ban on congregational worship during a Tuesday press conference.
“The retail store owners have been closed for two months… People from attending houses of worship, our regular part of life, have been banned from doing so with more than 10 people. Now you’ve expressed solidarity with this particular protest cause, is that why it’s been given dispensation to disregard epidemic guidelines?” a reporter asked. “Are we in a pandemic or not? And do we have one set of rules for protesters and another for everyone else?”Click here to follow KWAM The Mighty 990 on Facebook.
De Blasio has generated global outrage after he targeted Jews and Christians – ordering police to shut down religious gatherings, church services and even funerals. The mayor’s response to the reporter’s question caused even more consternation.
“Thank you, you’re a smart guy asking a smart question, but I’m going to tell you that anyone who thinks there’s different rules for different people, again, is not trying very hard to see the reality,” de Blasio responded. “We’re in the middle of a national crisis, a deep-seated national crisis. There is no comparison. I’m sorry, I do feel for the store owners. I really do.”
In other words, it is permissible to violate curfews and riot and loot provided you are doing it for a leftist cause. But it’s not permissible to attend a church service.“When you see a nation, an entire nation simultaneously grappling with an extraordinary crisis seeded in 400 years of American racism, I’m sorry, that is not the same question as the understandably aggrieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services,” the mayor said. “This is something that’s not about which side of the spectrum you’re on. It’s about a deep, deep American crisis… Sorry guys, there’s a world outside New York City. So we’re dealing with this.”
There’s no word on when churches or small businesses will be permitted to reopen.
De Blasio on why protests are allowed but not religious services or small businesses:
“400 years of American racism, I’m sorry, that’s not the same question as the understandably grieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services” pic.twitter.com/TGxPAlcu6E— Jewish Deplorable ?? (@TrumpJew) June 2, 2020
