Big-City Mayors

There is an Isaiah part of all of this: We need whoever the next president is to be a ‘repairer of the breach.’

I acknowledged it. I apologized for it. I learned an enormous amount from it.

Yeah, you got it, sums it up.

The memoir opens up with that question.

I was shaped by a different consciousness and understanding of our politics.

Given the choice, the American people always support strong and wrong versus weak and right.

Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.

I don't get involved on what may or may not happen up in Sacramento, or frankly, for that matter, D.C.

I stay laser-focused on what I can control, and that's what's happening here in San Francisco.

I'm clear-eyed about our challenges still.

San Francisco is a city on the rise, crime is at historic lows, all economic indicators are on the right direction, and our local law enforcement is doing an incredible job.

I took the call, and his first question to me was, 'How's it going there?'

This was a federal agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.

Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody that is bull****.

I’m glad President Trump has finally admitted defeat: we’ve said all along the federalization of the National Guard in California is illegal.

That is an issue that we take very seriously

If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you

New York City has always been this nation’s melting pot, but too often, over the last few years, we’ve seen those of Jewish ancestry be singled out and targeted

My administration will also be marked by a city government that will be relentless in its efforts to combat hate and division

Protecting Jewish New Yorkers is going to be a focus of my administration

Palestinian liberation is at the core of my politics

We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe. I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist.

I stand alongside over one million New Yorkers who voted for this day nearly two months ago, and I stand just as resolutely alongside those who did not.