By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-09-28 14:30:46 | Updated at 2024-09-30 09:37:59
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Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams was relentlessly trolled for an Instagram post he made overnight visiting a senior citizen center in Harlem, where he appears blissfully unaffected by the bribery and fraud charges against him.
Adams, wearing a persistent grin, joyously made his way through the ARC A. Philip Randolph Older Adult Center to take pictures with his constituents.
'Visiting Harlem always fills me with pride, especially with the warmth I receive from New Yorkers,' Adams wrote. 'Every experience at an older adult center...reaffirms that our efforts are making a real difference.'
In two photos, he's seen beaming over a cake that reads: ' Happy Birthday To All September Seniors.'
He was also seen dancing as an emcee repeatedly shouted 'Go Eric!' and 'Our Mayor!'
Commenters on the Friday post were stunned at Adams' tone deafness in posting this just days after he became the first sitting New York mayor to be charged with crimes, let alone five federal charges that could land him in jail for 45 years if he's convicted.
New York City Eric Adams visits the ARC A. Philip Randolph Older Adult Center the same day he pleaded not guilty to five federal corruption charges
Hours earlier before the visit, Adams is seen leaving Manhattan Federal Court after pleading not guilty
One user asked if Adams told the elderly people he visited about him allegedly defrauding NYC taxpayers of $10 million through allegedly fraudulent campaign funds.
Another pointed out Adam's 'self delusion.'
'The patience and self delusion of some of us…,' they wrote.
Others just couldn't believe the optics of the post, coming the same day he pleaded not guilty in court.
'Dude maybe read the room … is this what you want to be posting about? Who is advising you? They need to be fired,' one person wrote.
'Big Rearranging-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic energy,' another wrote.
'Eric! Just go to jail,' a third wrote.
Adams is seen dancing in a recreation area of the senior citizen center as the emcee hypes him up to the crowd
Interestingly, Adams got plenty of supportive comments from those who thought he is a better mayor than his predecessor, Bill DeBlasio, or from those who believe the charges against him are bogus
One user sounded a bipartisan note, calling for all supposedly corrupt politicians to be brought down.
'I'm sick of corruption no matter who it is. He should resign and hopefully go to jail. Same as Menendez, Trump and all corrupts!!' they wrote.
Interestingly, Adams got plenty of supportive comments from those who thought he is a better mayor than his predecessor, Bill DeBlasio, or from those who believe the charges against him are bogus.
Adams himself hinted as such in a pre-recorded video he released to the media on Wednesday after it broke that the Southern District of New York was charging him.
'It is now my belief that the federal government is attempting charge me with crimes. If so, these charges will be entirely false, based on lies,' Adams said from Gracie Mansion.
'But they will not be surprising. I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target. And a target I became,' he added.
