At a news conference Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to take questions regarding reports of his chauffeured SUV running stop signs and speeding. It hardly seems like much of a scandal, but de Blasio didn’t do himself any favors with the press by ducking questions.
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Not taking off-topic question is not really an option with the NYC press corp, as de Blasio is about to discover:
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) February 21, 2014
Flashback: as candidate, de blasio blasted Bloomberg for being imperial mayor, who failed to be transparent, accountable
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) February 21, 2014
Wow. De Blasio just bolted out of the presser, refusing to answer qs about his security details traffic scandal. #why?!
— B. Colby Hamilton (@bcolbyhamilton) February 21, 2014
The @billdeblasio satellite feed from city hall cut to this when reporters erupted w questions @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/g30nICL4uP
— Sarah Walters (@IAmSarahWalters) February 21, 2014
Reporters pushed out of West Wing of City Hall. Angry mob. Reporters saying they have never seen something like this.
— Michael Howard Saul (@MichaelHwrdSaul) February 21, 2014
An angry mob? That’s not a good sign.
A great moment in City Hall transparency: Why bother holding press conferences if you only take questions that you want to hear?
— Bob Hardt (@bobhardt) February 21, 2014
.@gracerauh Take the questions and all of them now. Put the issue to bed. Not rocket science.
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) February 21, 2014
Man up time for new mayor? Mayor de Blasio looking not ready for prime time in response to relatively easy stuff
— Michael Powell (@powellnyt) February 21, 2014
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