“It’s comparable to me pointing out I’m Jewish in attracting the Jewish vote,” the New York City mayor said during an interview with New York magazine .
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called mayoral candidate Billde Blasio's campaign "racist" in a New York magazine interview published Saturday.
Then there's Bill de Blasio, who's become the Democratic front-runner. He has in some ways been running a class-warfare campaign—
Class-warfare and racist.
Racist?
I mean he's making an appeal using his family to gain support. I think it's pretty obvious to anyone watching what he's been doing. I do not think he himself is racist. It's comparable to me pointing out I'm Jewish in attracting the Jewish vote. You tailor messages to your audiences and address issues you think your audience cares about.
A spokeswoman for the de Blasio campaign said the candidate would respond to the comments at a campaign event Saturday afternoon.
Update: de Blasio told the New York Observer , "if that's exactly what he said, it's obviously inappropriate and I'm surprised to hear him say it. I'm very proud of my family. I'm very proud of each and every member of my family and the way that they have handled themselves in a very difficult campaign,"
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