Raise Your Hand If You Can Play Basketball In NYC Now
On Thursday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended the vaccine mandate for athletes and entertainers only, meaning Kyrie Irving can now play for the Nets at home:
Sources: Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be cleared for home games as New York City will on Thursday change private sector vaccine mandate to allow exemption for athletes and entertainers in workplace. Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets players also now eligible for home games.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 23, 2022
Look at the mayor folding like a cheap suit. You can’t sit behind your little podium, puff your chest out, and clap back at hecklers, then 11 days later walk back to your office with your tail between your legs:
Mayor Eric Adams’ response to a heckling fan asking about Kyrie Irving playing at Barclays Center.
“Listen, you’re right. Kyrie can play tomorrow. Get vaccinated.”pic.twitter.com/10W1k1GMaK
— Chris Milholen (@ChrisMilholen) March 13, 2022
What happened to the 9 million vs. 1?
The latest from NYC Mayor Eric Adams during a press conference in Queens earlier today: “I’m not looking at one person. I’m looking at my city not closing down again and not having to deal with this crisis again – I’m not going to be rushed in based on a season schedule …” pic.twitter.com/HfwAwD4oJr
— Chris Milholen (@ChrisMilholen) March 16, 2022
So lets get this straight –
You can only be unvaccinated and do your job if you’re famous? If you can dribble a ball, hit home runs, and dance around for our enjoyment the rules don’t apply to you. That means firefighters, police officers, EMTs still have to be vax’d to keep their jobs and feed their families, but millionaires on Broadway and in MSG or the Barclays Center can’t. Sounds like a double standard.
If Kyrie has a spine he’d continue to sit at home and stand with the people like he promised who are losing their jobs to mandates:
In October, Kyrie Irving said he refused to get vaccinated b/c he was “standing with all those that believe what is right” and took issue w/ the notion of Americans “losing jobs to mandates.”
If this new NYC exemption is only for athletes/entertainers will Kyrie refuse to play? https://t.co/FCE64AHIZc
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) March 23, 2022