New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is pretty stoked about Amazon’s picking Long Island City to house one of its new headquarters. And he’s taking a pretty heavy beating for it. But he wants to make something perfectly clear to those criticizing his embrace of Amazon: He’s still one of you.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will continue to boycott Amazon as the state offers more than $1.5 billion for its HQ2 https://t.co/dKIgqv7zNB
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) November 13, 2018
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De Blasio said it was “a great day for New York City” and “an extraordinary day for Queens” now that Amazon is coming to town for HQ2.
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De Blasio, who famously said in 2017 that he’s never purchased anything from Amazon, said on Tuesday that he is “old-school” and won’t be easing up on that boycott anytime soon.
So stunning and brave!
— Andrew Wimsatt (@ajwimsatt) November 13, 2018
He wants to have his cake and eat it, too. And who doesn’t love cake?
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 13, 2018
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/UzvauiEwRy
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) November 13, 2018
MuhPrinciple$
— DamnSkippy (@BottaGetta) November 13, 2018
Idiot. https://t.co/lSlxro7RLd
— Max Q (@Randy_Shannon) November 13, 2018
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