Former Saturday Night Live star Rob Schneider contended that the recent indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams is an example of what happens to Democrats going against the party’s “politburo.”
Last week, federal prosecutors charged Adams in a five-count indictment, which included conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery. Schneider suggested the Big Apple’s mayor made the “mistake” of opposing the Democratic Party, specifically over funding the city’s housing of migrants.
POLITICAL TIMING OF BIDEN DOJ INDICTMENT OF ERIC ADAMS QUESTIONED BY CRITICS
“But the fact that they spent a year and that’s all they came up with, I think you have to look to what was happening exactly a year ago, and that’s when he was saying, ‘Hey, New York City cannot afford to be spending $5 billion, which is more than what they’re spending on police, for these migrants that they’re flying and busing in,’” Schneider said on Fox News’s One Nation with Brian Kilmeade. “Ten thousand dollars a month. But if you do stand up and say something, you’re going up against the Democratic politburo and you’re going to get smacked, and that’s what happened to Adams.”
Schneider then stated he hoped Adams “stands up for himself” and told both the press and the public that his own party was “going against me” because he opposed it.
The comedian was on the show to promote his new book, You Can Do It!: Speak Your Mind, America, which was released on Tuesday. The book is both a memoir of Schneider while also calling readers to exercise their free speech.
Saturday night’s episode of SNL featured a skit poking fun at Adams’s indictment, during which the mayor, portrayed by Devon Walker, called himself “an innocent man.” Upon asking a news anchor if he looks guilty, the anchor stated, “I mean, kind of.”
[embedded content]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Adams pleaded not guilty on Friday to the corruption and bribery charges as calls for his resignation from office have grown. The mayor has insisted that he will not resign.
In the event that Adams steps down, the next in line to succeed him would be New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who declined to say if Adams should resign but called the indictment “incredibly serious.”
