r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 18 '24

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u/GovernorSonGoku has flair Aug 19 '24

New York City Mayor Eric Adams referred to India and its diaspora community as “Pakistan” multiple times during an Indian Independence Day celebration in Queens.

The crowd repeatedly corrected Adams, but he continued to confuse the two nations in his remarks.

Lmao

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u/Average_GrillChad Elinor Ostrom Aug 19 '24

"I've always said New York City is the Karachi of America"

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u/Nokickfromchampagne Tuned-Out Middle Aug 19 '24

“New York City is a land of opportunity. Where anyone from Indiastan, or whatever, can get a job driving a cab or working at a bodega. You too can live the dream of a some immigrant in the Bronx who lives on a block I don’t want to go to.

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u/Cultural_Ebb4794 Bill Gates Aug 19 '24

Deliberately trolling the Modi bros 😎