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Does de Blasio believe reporters and the public shouldn’t second-guess the government during literal wars, too, or just figurative ones that he is personally struggling to manage?

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Kaitlan Collins

@kaitlancollins

Mar 29, 2020

He tells Tapper the questions are fair, "but I think the time to deal with these questions is after this war is over, because literally here in New York City, it feels like a wartime environment."

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3:35 PM · Mar 29, 2020

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He’s being pressured by the President to say past mistakes aren’t important if he wants aid from the federal government. It just dovetails with his own past remarks so he’s using that playbook for his own ends.

Stu

@stuloeser

Mar 29, 2020

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@alexanderburns

Is this the same de Blasio fellow who believes that the Government should determine what information is 'useful' and only release that?

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How about start by quoting them accurately? You can’t even do that small thing with integrity.

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He said it was was a fair question.

@nytimes

story on feds delays on testing and getting country ready will be decisive on understanding why state and local officials were late but then figured it out themselves and lead the country now.

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It's funny that only the people who did really bad with their initial responses, sometimes over weeks/months (this admin, BdB) think calling this wartime is a shield. Like any general who allowed themselves to be attacked for months with no response wouldn't be criticized!

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The virus has torpedoed de Blasio’s political aspirations

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