Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted to Sean Hannity that he disagrees with the Democratic Party’s handling of the southern border.
Speaking to Hannity on the “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” podcast, de Blasio criticized the party’s stance on defunding the police and the southern border. “In retrospect, the whole concept of ‘defund the police’ made no sense. It made sense to say, how can we do better?” he said on the podcast. He went on to say that “defund was a mistake.”
Discussing the former White House administration’s border policy, de Blasio said, “I don’t like what Biden did with the border.”
“When I saw it during Biden’s time, that he was able to reverse course in that final year and tighten up the border — no, I mean, that’s the irony,” he added, noting, “We, as Democrats, rightfully deserve that critique.”
Despite his criticisms of the Democratic Party, de Blasio came out in support of Zohran Mamdani during his campaign for New York City mayor. In an opinion piece published in the New York Daily News, de Blasio wrote that Mamdani has “run on an agenda that puts working people first — a rent freeze for more than two million tenants, universal child care for all kids 6 weeks to 5-year-olds, faster and free buses.”
The former mayor acknowledged that New Yorkers “want to know one fundamental truth: can it be done?” He claimed that the “answer is yes,” explaining that he faced similar questions during his time as the city’s leader.
“We don’t just need Zohran Mamdani to be our mayor because he has the right ideas, or because they can be achieved,” de Blasio declared. “We need him because in his heart and in his bones he cannot accept a city that prices out the people who built it and keep it running.”
