What Bill de Blasio admitted about the Black Lives Matter murals in NYC proves 'laws and rules are for everyone else'

Doug P. | 1:58 PM on August 03, 2020

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been spotted re-confirming a time-honored adage:

So do what I say but not what I do… how very elitist.

— Stevethrower (@stevethrower) August 3, 2020

What’s today’s example of “do what I say, not what I do”? In part it has to do with a “Black Lives Matter” mural that the mayor personally helped paint on a street:

De Blasio admits city skipped permit process to paint Black Lives Matter murals https://t.co/NXYsynwlaL pic.twitter.com/osQWyOyRhr

— New York Post (@nypost) August 3, 2020

What a, uh, surprise.

City officials ignored their own application process for public art projects to paint Black Lives Matter murals around the five boroughs, in order to mark an important moment in history, Mayor de Blasio said as his administration faces claims of First Amendment violations for refusing to green light other proposals.

“We haven’t said ‘no’ to people, we’ve said, ‘If you want to apply you can apply but there’s a process,’” de Blasio said during his City Hall press briefing Monday.

But get spotted violating a social distancing guideline and he’ll try and throw the book at you!

Laws and rules are for everyone else ? https://t.co/tGBUZkYHW2

— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) August 3, 2020

The rules are only for the little people. https://t.co/d9rTDD7pkw

— Mr T 2 (@GovtsTheProblem) August 3, 2020

Comrade Mayor has made that abundantly clear.

So… its vandalism. https://t.co/B3YefrmigV

— John C. Barry (Parler:@Shrinkgov) (@ShrinkGov) August 3, 2020

Well… well… well.. https://t.co/zFUknXNATf

— Adam Weiss (@adamMatthew) August 3, 2020

Breaking his own laws

— Sergio Zakia (@SergioZakia) August 3, 2020

So the rules only apply to others and not @BilldeBlasio? Is this for all permits? What about social distancing? https://t.co/YS8FYEYZC9

— Megan Piwowar (@piwowar) August 3, 2020