Mayor Adams grilled by fellow Dems in fiery DC sanctuary city hearing but gets warm welcome from GOP
WASHINGTON — Mayor Eric Adams faced not-so-friendly fire from fellow Democrats during a heated congressional hearing on sanctuary city laws Wednesday — while receiving a largely warm welcome from the GOP.Hizzoner repeatedly insisted under oath during the six-hour House oversight committee hearing that there was “no quid pro quo” between him and the feds about President Trump’s Department of Justice moving to toss his corruption case.The line of questioning from Dems such as New York Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clearly frustrated Adams, who otherwise kept a low profile as Republican representatives ripped into three other big-city Democratic mayors.The Democratic furor began with California Rep.
Robert Garcia calling on Adams to resign as he accused the mayor of agreeing to work with Trump on immigration in order to see his charges dropped, which the mayor denied.“Are you selling out New Yorkers to save yourself from prosecution?” Garcia bluntly asked Adams.“There’s no deal, no quid pro quo and I did nothing wrong,” Adams responded.The hearing in Washington, DC, vividly illustrated Adams’ waning position among his own party, as well as Republicans’ increasingly warm view of him.Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) called Adams “outstanding” while introducing him, but did not offer such pleasantries to the mayor’s counterparts: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston.Comer even served up a gentle question to Adams over the cost for the “influx of illegal foreign entities” to New York City.“Mr.Chairman, we spent $6.9 billion,” Adams said.
“And the long term impact of that is extremely significant.”Adams time-after-time gave that billion-dollar response to questions over the cost of “illegal” immigrants, despite repeatedly saying in the past that asylum seekers were in the city legally.He otherwise faced few direct questions during the hearing, unlike the other Democra...