Adams: Attacks On Me Are “Modern Day Mein Kampf”

The New York Daily News reports:

Mayor Adams contended Monday that renewed calls for his resignation over President Trump’s Justice Department bid to drop his corruption indictment amounts to “a modern day ‘Mein Kampf,’” a comment that his critics quickly blasted as offensive.

Adams delivered the heated remark while speaking at an event at Brooklyn’s Rehoboth Cathedral — a gathering billed as a rally for his reelection in June’s Democratic mayoral primary — and he was introduced by a handful of clergy members who sang his praises.

“I was listening to some of Dr. King’s teachings, and he talked about the book ‘Mein Kampf.’ He said if you repeat a lie long enough, loud enough people will believe it is true, and that’s what you’re seeing right now. This is a modern day ‘Mein Kampf,’” Adams told a group of about 30 supporters, referring to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s genocidal manifesto.

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