NYC Mayor Gives Memorial Day WWII History Lesson — Deletes Tweet After He Gets The Facts Wrong

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) kicked off Memorial Day with a World War II history lesson – and then promptly deleted his tweet when critics noticed he had gotten the facts wrong.

Adams recognized the holiday aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid – also known as “The Fighting I” — a World War II era Essex-Class carrier. The Intrepid was decommissioned in 1974 and now rests in Hudson Harbor as a part of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.