RedState reported earlier on how New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has launched a campaign seeking to capitalize on the Democrat/media-driven fauxtrage over Florida’s new “Parental Rights in Education” law, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on March 28th.

The law, which critics have wrongly dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law, prohibits age-inappropriate instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity topics in grades K-3 and enshrines parental rights when it comes to discussions of such sensitive subject matters with children.

Adams’ response to the ginned-up hysteria over the issue was to hold an event Monday where he encouraged Floridians who he assumed are upset with DeSantis to move to New York City where you can “say whatever you want” according to billboards that will go up in select Florida cities:

BREAKING: @NYCMayor announces a new digital billboard campaign in five Florida markets denouncing the hateful #DontSayGay law and inviting Floridians to move to New York. https://t.co/kPB7J7vJoU pic.twitter.com/1Dqbxmzqjo

— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) April 4, 2022

But during the event, a mother confronted Adams over his insistence on mask mandates for toddlers. Though the mayor let her speak, he was clearly agitated:

New York City mom of three confronts Mayor Adams for his absurd masking requirement on kids ages 2-4, gets fired within an hour for this question. pic.twitter.com/qkUYjjQmaa

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) April 5, 2022

Ironically, less than an hour after the woman – a city employee – made her voice known at a city event that promoted free speech, she was fired:

Daniela Jampel, who served as an assistant corporation counsel, learned she was canned less than an hour after she confronted a caught-off-guard and apparently annoyed Adams over when he would “unmask our toddlers.”

Jampel had publicly challenged the mayor at an unrelated event on LGBTQ issues — as Adams stood in front of a podium banner that read, “Come to the city where you can say whatever you want.’’

Her former employers at the city Law Department said the decision was allegedly made well “before” the Adams event, but we won’t know for sure until after the inevitable lawsuits are filed.

It was Adams’ attack on Florida as well as the city’s firing of the woman that prompted DeSantis to fire back at the newly-minted mayor during a presser, marveling over the fact that Adams actually spent tax dollars on the campaign and correctly pointing out that it was New York City and not Florida where people go to get muzzled and indoctrinated not Florida:

NY to kids in the classroom: muzzle yourself and listen to our politics in the classroom
Florida: be free and we will make sure your education remains focused on the fundamentals (writing, math, the classics, civics, and now, finances) to best prepare you to succeed in the world pic.twitter.com/uNMHeXPoiU

— Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) April 5, 2022

Also, and as DeSantis may have mentioned (I haven’t seen the full presser), New Yorkers actually fled the state in droves and headed directly to Florida during the course of the coronavirus pandemic under the leadership of NY’s disgraced former Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the city’s Mayor Bill de Blasio, which is probably the real reason for New York City’s push to beg people to come back. Not that Adams would want to admit that.

In any event, Adams’ campaign will probably end up being about as successful as Kamala Harris’ disastrous 2020 run for president. Because as you might have already heard, once outsiders go full Florida they never want to go back.

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