Mayor Eric Adams: Philosopher King of New York | The Daily Show Showography

[@michaeld4861]

The fact that Adams has a literal villain origin story about being beaten by police and seeing the power they had and that they couldn't be held accountable and wanting that for himself is truly disturbing.

[@airtale8725]

We should ban tiktok and chinese state related institutions like the confucius-institution and the chinese police stations.

[@GloogleGloigle]

It was the Black cop who _didn’t_ beat him that he wanted to be, and thought there should be more of.

[@newyorkvisionary]

I mean it probably gave him a wake up call and inspired him to be a cop.

[@mrjoejoe191304]

I wouldn’t say disturbing. I’d say wise if you want that power plus more.

[@jonsmith7659]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@77Creation]

"If they can beat you, join them." 🤣 Also: 2:44 😅😂🤣

[@KalleNoble]

"If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me."

[@StarrTile]

*I am the pilot and you are all the passengers, there are no parachutes, if I go down we're all going down together* That's truly F'd up thinking 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@pro-choicemom]

That's Conservative behavior but Adams is what we get when the Republican is an unacceptable ghoul.

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

​@@pro-choicemomtechnically republicans is pushing everyone else out of the plane 😂

[@ChannelMath]

no it's not. It's a classic mob-style threat/persuasion tactic

[@drgribb]

Idk, it's possible that that particular quote was taken out of context. It seemed like he could've been saying that on some level the city's success is tied to his success as mayor, regardless of whether one likes him or not. Like, when Trump was elected, I wasn't a fan, but I was still hoping for his success as president, because I knew that if the president fails then that hurts everyone (these were basically Obama's parting words as he left the White House also).

[@SquatchWatcher]

The words didn't match the video. What's the proper context of the words he spoke?

[@Agr414]

“Sharing a pie with your boo is like… that’s the ultimate.” -Eric Adams

[@ttacking_you]

🎶🎵If your game is strong, give me a call boo?🎶

[@ChannelMath]

sounds sweet

[@ttacking_you]

@@ChannelMath not a doo-doo pie?!

[@ChannelMath]

@@ttacking_you like sharing a pie wit your poo?

[@MrCityslickerktm]

@@ttacking_you 🎶🎵If your love is strong, I'll give my all to you 🎶

[@sharihazlett3774]

He is 1000% correct. He isn't the best.

[@Badbigboy123]

he;s blessed

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Probably the worst🗽vote him out

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

He wrecked

[@johnnynephrite6147]

I didnt really know who this guy was, but just hearing him speak a few times a few years ago, I predicted trouble. My instincts served me well.

[@FakingANerve]

Same here. The first time I saw him was his appearance on Colbert, and he brought merch with him and just acted creepy. I had the same thought you did: this isn't going to go well.

[@wesleymills560]

Where you live, in some small freaking town? Lol

[@johnnynephrite6147]

@@wesleymills560 do you live in a village without a school? learn to read.

[@bestabesttrailers4335]

"We know he's a philosophical genius because he tells us he is..." is perhaps the best opening ever...

[@RalphBoyshline]

A few years ago, at the Williamsburg waterfront, there was a race going on with a ton of police around...I asked the guy next to me what was going on, he told me that it was a Police 5k run and that he was the Brooklyn Burroughs President. So, I pointed to a new construction site in front of us and asked him, why the city allows all those developments directly in the flood plane of the East River, in Flood Zone A? And if there rather should be parks and potential wetlands... And if the re-zoning of the Brooklyn waterfront wasn't a terrible mistake? He just glazed at me without saying a word. A year later this guy became mayor. Ineptitude and corruption are alive and well in NYC.

[@rocketsalad]

Before I got to the end of your story, I was gonna say, "that doesn't sound like the Marty Markowitz I know..."

[@oldreprobate2748]

How does a presumably enlighten city vote the last three mayor's into office. It's one of the great mysteries of this century.

[@cuttwice3905]

The last couple of centuries have had some real, er, choice examples.

[@dannomusic47]

That’s late-stage capitalism voting for you, baby! We will never again get anything decent until money is taken out of politics. And THAT is the fight this country should have with itself if we’re going to fight over anything. Trump and Biden and folks like Eric are just extensions of the monied classes. They do not represent the masses.

[@MrGelowe]

After seeing my neighbors on NextDoor in Brooklyn, it's not as enlightened city as you might imagine.

[@ecamp6360]

The last 4. And I thought Giuliani was the worst...

[@MrKeychange]

No choices. The same bucket of garbage that produced Rudy Giuliani gives us the worst possible choices to select between. NYC politics is rough.

[@Stoned_Silly]

"If they beat you, join them" 😅😅😅

[@russh6414]

Every day as mayor of New York gives you a new day to soar to greater lows

[@angelstrawn5493]

Her voice is angelic, her delivery is smooth like butter, but did you notice there's a shank in your side?

[@OAN3476]

Message received loud and clear. I'll just turn my anger into gold. Thanks for the warm wishes.

[@davidletarte214]

is he rich? cause he acts like an eccentric rich guy... either way bravo, quite a hilarious montage you have created here! 👍

[@erinmac4750]

The only piece they're missing is the PR vid NYPD made about prepping for and taking out the scary student protesters at Hind's Hall. Trust me, it's epic from the sit down at the conference table, to the kicking down doors to empty rooms, to the soundtrack. Yep, it is one for the history books, and has Eric Adams signature production style, over the top. ✌️😎🍀

[@zb3495]

Well…he likes baklava. A lot.

[@RobertJohnson-nx3yj]

@Daviddecarte, Yes, he is pretty wealthy for a former cop and local governmen official. He had a very large and questionable donor base (corporate/wealthy people/Aipac & others. He is a corrupt politician. Several investigations surround him and his close advisors. NYC deserves better.

[@RobertJohnson-nx3yj]

@Daviddecarte, Yes, he is pretty wealthy for a former cop and local governmen official. He had a very large and questionable donor base (corporate/wealthy people/Aipac & others. He is a corrupt politician. Several investigations surround him and his close advisors. NYC deserves better.

[@RobertJohnson-nx3yj]

@Daviddecarte, Yes, he is pretty wealthy for a former cop and local governmen official. He had a very large and questionable donor base (corporate/wealthy people/Aipac & others. He is a corrupt politician. Several investigations surround him and his close advisors. NYC deserves better.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

New York always picks the worst mayors lol

[@droopy_eyes]

Picks best the city can offer.

[@Raphael11001]

@@droopy_eyes Garcia and Yang were better options. Adams simply had more political connections in the city, being an ex NYS senator and Brooklyn borough president.

[@whartanto2]

Too much asbestos in the air.

[@williemasterofdestruction5339]

Lotta sadomasochists

[@AverageJoe483]

But he isn’t the worst . That goes to Tiffany haynard

[@iiz67]

He should run for congress next, he'd fit right in.

[@MamaTreNiner]

Sadly...

[@CreatrixVixenKyla]

He was a senator 2006-2013

[@erinmac4750]

Please don't give him any suggestions.....

[@MamaTreNiner]

@@erinmac4750 Ikr...😑

[@zb3495]

No ma’am he said he’s retiring to the golan heights; he said it’s just like Brooklyn heights. (It isn’t.)

[@unicornsquad923]

I saw him at a Diddy party on t.v. and I bet he has a tape too 😅

[@anthonyc1922]

'Swagger man with no plan.'

[@sherriew36]

The baby drug dealer DJ took me out🤣🤣🤣

[@larryredbeard]

The satire was spot on, loved it!!

[@chrispiccolo7186]

I love this show!

[@hragbosnoyan5351]

This is gold

[@Iknowknow112]

A masterpiece of compilation. It seems that just about every political office in the USA is occupied by a narcissistic buffoon.😮

[@WindsorMason]

You've described the majority of the people who would want to run for office and are driven enough to make it.

[@Iknowknow112]

@@WindsorMason I’ve recently wondered whether almost all of civilization has been governed by high functioning psychopaths to the extent that even when a particular ruler wasn’t a psychopath the entire system nevertheless was, which forced a would be benevolent ruler to function within it as best they could until a proper psychopath returned to power.🤨 See: Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States g.co/kgs/CGLmtgm James Scott Also another book with the same title author Manning makes a similar point about the dark origins of early agricultural states

[@SpockrulesBJJ]

Thanks to citizens united, it's worse than ever.

[@MisterCynic18]

Have you been keeping up with world news? Seems that applies to every political office, period.

[@jake_]

"I was arrested after going into an apartment of a go-go dancer who owed us money".. Wait.. What?? Are these the required qualifications to become a cop or a mayor in NY? That would explain a lot though..

[@BenDjinn]

"some people call me vegan" 'vegans wish they were me'

[@bananacat3109]

Finally another daily showography!

[@alzahraaltareb2845]

" I give myself the finger" I would too if I was him....

[@key-notes]

Thank you for playing Robert Schumann’s piano piece “Hasche-Mann,” the fourth piece in his Scenes from Childhood, Opus 15, written way back in 1838! (It starts at 2:27 in the video.) This piece is hard to translate (not to mention to play). Often the English title is “Blind Man’s Bluff,” but maybe “Catch Me If You Can” would be an idiomatic translation. Beautiful interpretation, too. Would love to find out who played it.

[@silverserpent420]

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Ghandi That man is no Ghandi 😂. Gives me Tiffany Heynard vibes. 👀 👀

[@sirearlgrey2036]

Perhaps Adams should look at Ghandi's thoughts on policing too. Cuz Ghandi he ain't.

[@saintofall3653]

It's Gandhi... And it's spelled like that too. I'm not a US National, so maybe the "dhi" part is harder to spell for people with English as their mother tongue.

[@silverserpent420]

@@saintofall3653 missed the message because you think you're better. I feel sorry for you.

[@SIS3W3N]

"The best way to suppress protesters is in the service of campaign donors." - Eric Adams

[@SIS3W3N]

@@saintofall3653 The correct pronunciation requires a phoneme that doesn't exist in English, and most English-only speakers pronounce the name as if the H were not there at all. Nonetheless, when we attempt to type it, we know there is an H in there somewhere. Since a silent H following a G is extremely common in English, and DH rarely appears at all, this is a very common error. Happy?

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

In a short time he became more hated than Lori Lightfoot

[@zb3495]

Lori don’t have his swagger

[@doktortutankamazon31]

Dolton

[@LA-vw7hd]

The only thing he has in common with Lori Lightfoot is his skin tone. I'm not a fan of Eric Adam's, but I see where this is going.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@@LA-vw7hd and where is it going?

[@rocketsalad]

@@TihetrisWeathersby Well, where would _you_ like it to go? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@ap8833]

Mayor Pompous love him some rose pedal diddy after parties.

[@danidaydreaming919]

Freak Off!

[@ecamp6360]

Once a cop, always a cop.

[@crabby_faerie5516]

You can tell by his budget, blatant favoritism.

[@BRAAD2024]

COPS DO NOT ACCEPT ERIC

[@BRAAD2024]

ADAMS IS A LIAR AND A FRAUD.. HE WAS CAUGHT EATING SALMON 🍣 LOL 😂

[@crabby_faerie5516]

@@BRAAD2024 They'll like him even less if he decides to slash their budgets like he has everyone else's.

[@kingcoheed1208]

Adams is doing his best every day to make you miss De -Blasio

[@savagepro9060]

Does Eric know waiters can poison you so easily!

[@tjmaxx4739]

NYC needs a new mayor like yesterday!

[@ruthbennett7563]

A man ahead of his time… we are not yet an « Idiocracy ». It hurts to call this video comedy, as it is all too true.

[@secularapple]

The crime panic brought this guy into office.

[@Raison_d-etre]

And landlords, businessmen, and Turkish and Chinese officials.

[@AlirezaDakhteh-pv4mb]

They panic for crimes so they vote for criminals. That’s what they call the oxymoron

[@stevewilson3791]

In the final analysis you should never vote for a cop. He is a creep

[@crabby_faerie5516]

Yes, but Zeldin is an election denier, he was an even worse option. Adams was the worst option the Dems had, but they were appealing to the bootlicking population. When you try to please everyone, you please no one.

[@johnbalk6091]

As someone from Buffalo NY, it's always nice to hear about NYC 's troubles! 😃❤️👍

[@Mankam168]

Remember, Olayemi roasted Eric Adams on The Breakfast Club

[@x01021]

Only delusional black liberals thought she won that exchange. She was attacking him for putting criminals in jail.

[@janecreek681]

Never forgot how he slandered the anti genocide protestors.

[@ecamp6360]

True. He and NYPD are the real "outside agitators."

[@Snafuski]

This is fun. About his diet... Lots of packaged stuff ... That's the American problem...

[@vietnamd0820]

His diet is more than just powders …he eats healthier than probably 95% of Americans

[@paulking4490]

SEAN COMBS BUDDY THE GUY HE GAVE KEYS TO THE CITY

[@K1tsune_Flame]

This guy is very extra

[@xelaander8429]

No one told Eric Adams Ghandi was racist towards Black people did they?

[@RobertMartin-s2v]

Or that is the only thing they told him

[@tejesheconomics4072]

Gandhi was racist until 1925 which is expected from a British trained lawyer who educated in London..and Africans are xenophobic to Indians in Africa and Whites are Racist toward Indians in Africa….after 1925 he grows out of his racism and writes many articles and books and letters supporting African struggles against British and he actually promised mentor of Dr.King (at Gandhi home in India) that he will come to America and fight for the rights of American blacks after India gets its independence but assassinated immediately after independence….you just Google the office of Dr.King the photo frame behind Dr.king is of Gandhi…

[@atifchoudhury5180]

He knows. That's why he became a cop

[@Pete_Finch]

Truly the Marcus Aurelius of NYC mayors

[@EricAllen8494]

#EricAdams claiming to be like Gandhi while pushing Police on NY campuses is beyond hypocritical

[@fornana]

who needs schools and libraries when you have clubs?

[@connorparadis4804]

Unfortunately, anyone worth electing mayor of NYC is smart enough to give up wayyyyy before ever getting close to that office.

[@karentheodore4055]

My Eric I love your swag, we make a great team ❤

[@biganthar]

We're all going down together.............forget trying to save others...........forget self sacrifice...........y'all goin down with me........ Well done NYC...............great choice.

[@Nel1y]

iight NY who's gonna be next after this guy?

[@GothMusicLatinAmerica]

"When you raise your pants you raise your grades." I'm imagining someone taking this way too literally and pulling their pants up to their neck.

[@jonsmith7659]

It’s the greatest city in the world. Except for the cost. And the crime. And the crowds. And the smell. And the people. And the transit. But keep telling people how great nyc is. Adams has done what you’d expect an ex cop to do, especially one who has no experience in government. He’s done a bang up job at doing nothing.

[@ninjalectualx]

Where can I get one of those dolls that secrete drugs?

[@RobertMartin-s2v]

Eric Adam’s home in Jersey… careful though he may have secreted on it

[@kungfu_kenny4135]

Idiocracy wasn’t just a movie…it predicted the future.

[@flochfitness]

Lao Tzu: The highest virtue is not virtue, and therefore really is virtue. But inferior virtue cannot let go of being virtuous, and therefore is not virtue. Beware of any leader comparing themselves to virtuous people…

[@joseph-zoramcbride4029]

Thanks, I'll check out Lao Tzu. Very Nietzsche that quote, I like it. Letting "virtue" speak for itself. Basically try to be the opposite of the character in Ghost's track Griftwood. lol

[@flochfitness]

@@joseph-zoramcbride4029 correct, in my mind if your aim is virtue, you will never reach it. The finger pointing at the moon, it will never be the moon.

[@chocolatecity2]

"I had a demon in me, and the only way to get it out was to go in"

[@publicspeaker4009]

These dude looks like he would be a chapel show skit 💀

[@daveharris2884]

Adams is the Duke of New York! He is A #1!

[@migenteyoga7136]

Why aren't all news outlets in NY running this story?

[@Phil-tt3xg]

This show's so funny.

[@ezkappdo]

great job!

[@DryHeart23]

Who does this very talented and beautiful voice belong to? 🥰

[@concernedcitizens4110]

From Bloomberg, Giuliani, De Blasio and now Adams it seems New York always have weirdos as their mayor 😂

[@vietnamd0820]

Giuliani takes the cake for being a mean-spirited liar

[@MrEab2010]

here's to being a one-term mayor.

[@AdamsMalickNdoye]

Hey hey i'm here...know what you're saying😂😂

[@aidanflanagan4953]

You forgot his vacation to Italy

[@erinmac4750]

I haven't seen that one, but they did forget to add the PR video the NYPD made about prepping and taking out the scary, unarmed students protesters. If you haven't seen it, it's vote everything you'd expect of Adam's police department, donut boys at the conference table, epic drama, impressive gear, and tons of manpower to show those those students who's boss, with an appropriate soundtrack. King Eric is so proud of his boys in blue. F-the libraries.... Still love ya' New York! ✌️😎🍀

[@vietnamd0820]

Unless it was very extravagant, there’s no scandal in vacationing in Italy ….I vacationed there last year and saw many other Americans there too …it’s a popular place to take a vacation

[@aidanflanagan4953]

@@vietnamd0820 he said he was doing it for the city.

[@vietnamd0820]

@@aidanflanagan4953 This is from from NY1 News, “Mayor Eric Adams visited a welcome center for migrants and asylum seekers on the final day of his trip to Italy Sunday. As the migrant situation remains a prominent issue in New York City, Adams said he scheduled a stop at the facility outside Rome in order to learn about how Italy is handling its own influx of migrants. Adams said he’s impressed with the way the Italian system quickly allows migrants to begin working, and teaches them basic Italian language skills.” It sounds like Adams was honest about why he was in Italy

[@The_king567]

How hasn’t anyone gotten rid of this guy yet

[@ariw9405]

You need to have Oleyami Olaymi on. She got in his a** on the breakfast club!

[@chriswest6988]

"America's mayors [...] get drugs off the streets" over a photo of Marion Barry is a strong start.

[@EMD-xd4qm]

I HOLLERED @ that picture 🖼️🎉😂🎉😅

[@ethor7676]

Eric Adams truly is one of the mayors of our time.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

1:11 🤔How much time did Gandhi spend trying to pretend he was someone else?

[@augustneverends]

Anyone else getting Kwame Kilpatrick vibes from Adams?

[@c.2518]

Yup!

[@haydn-db8z]

Eric Adams, Philosopher Kang.

[@cleoraasaran9957]

Why do I have a strong feeling the majority of the people at the Daily Show voted for Adams?

[@EastFrisian]

You should try replacing him with Eric Adams from Manowar.

[@whyarentumadbro]

Bro eats powder

[@quannifer]

The Super Hot Fire meme was chef's kiss

[@DeeE-kj1tv]

He’s such a liär😂😂

[@bhambhole]

Goodness. Y'all must really hate this dude. Hilarious destruction of his character 😂

[@Blackshadow164]

The best part is: They interviewed him and once praised him in a sketch.

[@kattelubega5840]

this edit is brilliant. big up tds team

[@Turnil321]

New york goes in waves from being a poor hellhole to being a great city and back again.

[@adiposerex5150]

What a great guy.

[@BizzeeB]

I've been saying Eric Adams is so bad, he makes people miss Bill DeBlasio. I may have to start saying Eric Adams is so bad, he makes people miss Rudy Giuliani

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

Avoiding New York Rents! 😂😂😂

[@iiz67]

Yay!

[@chocolatecity2]

"I like to test the product"

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Pop philosopher of NY.

[@aeshaj]

Eric is everywhere but city hall

[@markfitzurka9995]

I love this piece. Great writing. As a person from the west coast I don’t know much about him . What a crazy dude. Stop the Sagging pants problem. Love it. Money well spent on this guy. It is crazy who we have running this country. We seem to vote for the most crazy people into offices . Cost to cost just look at the nut we have out here in California. Great job on this piece. Love anything Desi. It would have also hit hard with Ronny on this piece. Keep up the great work to everyone at the daily show. I am so happy you are back to the best joke news

[@ryanjeanes5253]

Well when you put it this way he sounds crazy.

[@Mankam168]

Olayemi Olurin anyone?

[@frankcb11]

Yes

[@irisbjones]

He may be Eric Adams, but New Yorkers voted for him so what does that say about them? ;)

[@soren7550]

The choice was between him, and Curtis Sliwa, the wanna be cop that lives in a studio apartment with a bunch of cats. It wasn't much of a choice.

[@requiemforameme1]

The Republican Party nominees were the founder of the Guardian Angels, and the founder of the Taxi Association. And #yanggang. That mayoral race was basically ran by the cast of the game Clue. Adams just kind of fell into winning.

[@Hushedtie]

I mean they did have a chance to elect Kathryn Garcia from Democratic Primaries. But they elected this guy

[@afroohar]

​@@Hushedtie Kathryn Garcia? Another elitist socialite liberal with no understanding of how average people in the city live? After Bill DeBlasio AND Bloomberg, most New Yorkers had enough of that to last them a lifetime. I understand why the NYT staff wanted Garcia, she's cut from the same cloth as them.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

The mistake was made in the primary. García was a better choice.

[@Winspur1982]

I feel blessed ... to live in Chicago. Brandon Johnson has his haters but I dare the Daily Show to find enough material on him or his policy decisions (I actually support his plan for the Bears) to do a showography on him. Growing up in a family of 11 kids and one bathroom gives you some humility. But I do have hope for New York. Adams' term ends in 19.5 months and maybe he will just fade away and live next door to Mark Wahlberg like he always wanted, and both their homes will be consumed in a chaparral wildfire.

[@Elbown]

He thinks so highly of himself. Also very nepotistic hiring his family into roles

[@frankcb11]

That’s probably the main thing I don’t like about him

[@EnclaveAgent]

Cannot WAIT to vote this cop out of a job

[@deborahhoward7822]

Not only is he full of himself, but he's full of something else, too.

[@yolandagrabowski6043]

That spaghettios suit makes me hungry.

[@jyt74]

New York rents dig for the win 😂