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New York Magazine Struggles To Find A Single New Yorker Who Wants De Blasio To Be President

Ashe Schow

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he was running for president on May 16. He must have done some focus-group testing to show that he had a chance at the Democratic nomination, but people in his own state — in the city where he is mayor, even — don’t seem to think he would be a good president.

Shortly after he announced, MSNBC posted a video of New York City residents bashing their mayor. Now comes New York Magazine’s Eve Peyser, who tried to find someone, anyone, who supported him for president.

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