Texas Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne clearly appears to have struck a chord with her full-page newspaper ad offering New York’s finest a safe haven in the Lone Star State.
Mayor Eric Adams blasted her today during his daily briefing, holding up the newspaper ad in question and telling her to worry about her own city before going after his own.
Van Duyne’s ad, published in the New York Post, read: “Escape New York and move to Texas.”
“You should no longer trust your career and your life to politicians who don’t care about you or your family.”
She was referring to the repeated attacks on New York City police officers by criminals, many of whom are released within hours of being arrested thanks to the laxity of the city’s bail lawyers.
Adams, himself a former cop, was furious.
“We had a hiring at the New York Post today, one of my favorite blue-collar newspapers,” Adams said as he held up a copy of the paper.
The ad published by Representative Beth Van Duyne in the New York Post
New York City Mayor Eric Adams held up Duyne’s ad at a press event, saying New York is a safer city than Dallas, the closest big city to the congresswoman’s district.
Texas Rep. Beth Van Duyne, a Republican who represents Irving, a Dallas suburb, placed the ad in a New York newspaper.
He then suggested that Dallas had a higher crime rate than New York, cherry-picking murder rates and other crime statistics to support his case.
“What she should do is tell some of her officers to go to Dallas to deal with the violence!” he fumed.
Duyne’s Irving district was named the 14th safest small city in America in 2022 by the FBI, which takes into account all violent crime, not just a single indicator, such as murder.
Several other Texas cities like Fort Worth and Plano (a suburb of Dallas) and the border cities of El Paso and Laredo were also on the list.
“New York has implemented disastrous policies that are deliberately contrary to public order and have led to death and destruction,” the Republican congresswoman tweeted Tuesday.
“In Texas, we support blue and welcome good officers who want to come protect the Lone Star State!
Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaker-elect, Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, left, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., are seen on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol before Johnson is elected Speaker of the House on Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Rep. Rich McCormick, Cynthia Fisher, Aeisha Reese, Valerie June and Rep. Beth Van Duyne (far right) attend the Power to the Patients event Tuesday, March 5, 2023 in Washington, DC.
U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) addresses U.S. President Joe Biden as he delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023 .
Duyne’s newsletter also takes aim at the Big Apple’s lax bail system, which has been blamed for failing to keep bad guys behind bars.
Diller, 31, was an NYPD officer who was allegedly shot and killed by suspect Guy Rivera, 34, Monday evening.
“Your lives should not be put in danger by violent criminals who are never locked up,” it reads.
“You don’t have to be beaten in the street by gangs of illegal immigrant criminals.
“And you don’t need to be endlessly insulted by the budget cuts imposed by Defund the Police politicians.”
Several migrants filmed beating two New York cops were arrested and inexplicably released by New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens, last month, was linked to a repeat offender.
Guy Rivera, 34, has already spent 10 years in prison on various charges, including assault, drugs and a hate crime, according to authorities.
The driver has more than 20 priors, including a gun charge dating back to April 2023, according to a local station.
The newspaper ad also includes information on how to apply to 15 Dallas-area police departments.
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