00:00And can I also ask them something else? What happened with Dan Goldman at Poetica Cafe yesterday?
00:05What do you think about what transpired? Do you think it's a kind of okay way for someone to express
00:10political disagreements with his views on Israel?
00:13I have many a political disagreement with Congressman Goldman when it comes to his votes and his views on Israel.
00:20I think that what we saw online goes beyond.
00:37I think I'll always be surprised when people want to engage in anti-Black and anti-Haitian racism as a
00:50closing argument in a race.
00:52I think we've seen from a number of people over the course of this race an attempt to paint Daria
00:58Lisa's belief in human rights as if it is somehow worthy of trying to take identities of pride and make
01:05them into slurs.
01:07And that's something that we reject here in our city.
01:09And I appreciate that there are a number who have come forward to say the same.
01:12I just saw that Attorney General James spoke up about the racism that Daria Lisa is facing.
01:18And I think it's something that all of us should reject.
01:20There are going to be a wide variety of views across our city when it comes to these elections.
01:25I don't begrudge any New Yorker on their disagreements on policies or endorsements.
01:29But trying to engage in racism as a political argument is something that we should never accept no matter what
01:35stage of the election.
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