Amazon caved to public scrutiny by abandoning plans to build a headquarters in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,“ de Blasio repeated the Amazon.com Inc. attack he’s been making in the days since the e-commerce giant said on Feb. 14 that it won’t build a corporate headquarters in Queens. While some New York Democrats, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, welcomed Amazon’s withdrawal, Rep. Carolyn Maloney lamented that the company’s retreat would take jobs away from locals.
“The minute there were criticisms, they walked away,” de Blasio said of Amazon. “They were more concerned about their corporate image.”
“They couldn’t handle the heat in the kitchen, is what it looks like,” he said.
He also echoed the Democratic Party’s progressive wing by arguing Amazon’s decision was fueled by corporate greed.
“A group of very powerful people, the ultimate members of the 1 percent, got together in a boardroom in Seattle and made a very arbitrary decision,” de Blasio, who’s considering a run for president, said.
“We’re going to stop this horrible reality of concentration of power in the hands of the 1 percent,” he said.
De Blasio received support Sunday from Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, another potential presidential contender.
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Amazon ‘couldn’t handle the heat,’ NYC’s de Blasio says https://t.co/ArjHn1FDPX
— POLITICO (@politico) February 18, 2019
Amazon shouldn’t have to “put up with the heat.” The company was bringing jobs and tax revenue, and idiots like that AOC woman fought against it. Those leaders who actively pressured Amazon to withdraw and those who stood idly by and let Amazon get away are all to blame.
My mother used to say the way you make your bed is how you will lay in it. In other words, if you mess up, it’s your fault. Stupid people let Amazon get away. Now they have to live with the consequences. They get no sympathy from me.
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