Mayor Adams donates $5K of own money for info on anti-Israel ‘cowards’ who defaced WWI memorial: ‘I love America’
NY Post
A furious Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday contributed $5,000 of his own money toward the reward being offered for information leading to the bust of the anti-Israel “cowards’’ who defaced a local war memorial.
“In spite of the unpopular notion, I’m going to say it, ‘I love America,'” Adams said at a press conference held in front of the historic Central Park World War I monument — which a mob spray-painted and plastered with anti-Israel stickers the night before.
“We cannot remain silent when our symbols of freedom are desecrated by individuals who clearly hate our country and way of life,” he said. “I am not going to remain silent because our silence gives the belief that everything is OK.
“The same rights that they are calling for — they are desecrating the lives of people who have fought for them,’’ he said of the protesters. “I want to show all New Yorkers that our city will not tolerate chaos and disorder.
“I’m not just putting my money where my mouth is. I’m going to put my money where my heart is.’’
The mayor said he was donating the cash in honor of his 19-year-old “Uncle Joe,’’ who died in the Vietnam War.
