New York Mayor de Blasio slammed for Trump-protesting Germany trip just after officer’s death
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) flew to Germany this week to participate in an anti-Trump protest, drawing criticism for leaving after a Bronx police officer was killed.
De Blasio will be the keynote speaker at a Saturday rally promoting social equality and climate protection, among others. The event coincides with a summit attended by President Trump and other world leaders in Hamburg. De Blasio’s office announced his departure in a brief news release sent just hours before the mayor’s Thursday evening flight.
The trip immediately raised questions from political opponents and from the city’s police union, which has had a strained relationship with de Blasio.
“You’ve chosen to leave while the city is mourning. I just don’t understand what he’s thinking,” Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, told The Washington Post.
De Blasio left the day after Officer Miosotis Familia was fatally shot while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx early Wednesday morning.
Mullins questioned the purpose of the trip, saying de Blasio’s job is in New York City, not abroad.
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