
Add another strange interaction to the legacy of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The lawmaker co-hosted a livestream with online right-wing personality Sneako on the porch at Gracie Mansion last Saturday night (June 14) along with Amber Rose, his son Jordan Coleman, and businessman Sean Sudarshan Rajan. The group smoked cigars from The Billionaires Club (a brand owned by Rajan) while discussing Adams’ rise in politics, his federal indictment case and the “cover up” of former President Joe Biden’s health.
Mayor Adams blasted the Southern District of New York for bringing the federal corruption case against him, mocking their designation of “sovereign district”, saying “no one is sovereign in America.” He dismissed the charges against him. “They said, well, Turkey upgraded you when you flew,” Adams said. “I don’t know who doesn’t try to get an upgrade. And they said, ‘We’re now saying that you committed bribery because you called the fire department and you pressured them not to pass inspection.’ I was facing over 30 years in prison for that.”
Mayor Adams’ appearance with Sneako, aka Nico Kenn De Balinthazy, is odd as Sneako has been banned from several Internet platforms including YouTube and Twitch for antisemitism. He’s done livestreams with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, and Ye aka Kanye West appeared on one of his streams recently to preview a song of his named “Heil Hitler.” Adams, who is running for re-election as an independent in November, is planning to run on a ballot line of either “EndAntiSemitism” or “Safe&Affordable.”
His participation in the livestream garnered swift public criticism. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, New York City Councilman Chi Osse’ reposted the clip, writing with crying emoji added: “Y’all look at my mayor … we’re cooked.” In another post on X, Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres of the Bronx blasted the interview, writing: “Who’s next on the guest list—David Duke?”
“Mayor Adams has been clear that living in silos and speaking into echo chambers accomplishes nothing,” Mayoral spokesperson Kayla Mamelak Altus wrote in a statement. “As always, an interview is by no means an endorsement of the interviewer’s views.” The stream also took place on the same night that Zohran Mamdani, a serious contender in the Democratic mayoral primary, was holding a campaign rally hosted by The Kid Mero with Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a speaker.
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