CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 30, 2024
REMEMBER AFTER 9-11 HOW AMERICA HONORED THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, SOME OF WHOM LOST THEIR LIVES AS THEY RESCUED PEOPLE FROM THE TWIN TOWERS? CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SPRUNG UP TO HELP THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN. MORTGAGES WERE PAID OFF.
NOW THE CITY OF NEW YORK NO LONGER SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THEIR FIREFIGHTERS. THE NEW YORK POST REPORTS 36-YEAR-OLD DEREK FLOYD DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER BEING FIRED FROM HIS JOB.
WAS HE UNDERPERFORMING? NO. WAS HE CORRUPT? NO. HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE WAS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT BY THE CITY TO REDUCE STAFF AND PAY FOR HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE FLOODED THE CITY.
HOW IS NEW YORK SAVING MONEY BY LAYING OFF FIREFIGHTERS LIKE FLOYD WHILE SPENDING MILLIONS ON HOTELS, DEBIT AND CREDIT CARDS, CELL PHONES, EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE AND OTHER THINGS FOR THE ILLEGALS?
FLOYD LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN AMERICA, BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON AND MAYOR ERIC ADAAMS IN NEW YORK ARE LETTING IT HAPPEN. IT’S A DISGRACE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
