'Kansas doesn't have a brand': People sound off after Democratic NYC Mayor Eric Adams says that 'New York has a brand,' but Kansas does not



New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, claimed on Tuesday that "New York has a brand," but that Kansas does not.

"We have a brand. New York has a brand," Adams said, claiming, "Kansas doesn't have a brand." He said that New York's "brand means diversity. That brand means we care. That brand means that we are compassionate."

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The mayor's remarks were met with backlash by some on social media.

Kansas attorney general Derek Schmidt, a Republican who is currently running for governor, tweeted, "Mayor who? Kansas isn't New York and we sure as heck don't want to be. I'll stay focused here in God's Country on making life more affordable and keeping communities safe, neither of which can be said about New York."

\u201cMayor who? Kansas isn't New York and we sure as heck don't want to be. I'll stay focused here in God's Country on making life more affordable and keeping communities safe, neither of which can be said about New York.\u201d
— Derek Schmidt (@Derek Schmidt) 1664301871

Former Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai tweeted, "Part of the Kansas brand is being nice and charitable toward people from other states who guffaw at how backward or inferior they think Kansas is—even when, most likely, none of them have actually spent meaningful time in the Sunflower State."

Radio host Buck Sexton tweeted, "I saw two shirtless homeless men throwing trash cans at each other last week at 10am in Times Square, and had a maniac threaten a family member with a stick this past weekend- while she was pushing a stroller. So yes, NYC has a brand."

"I lived in Kansas for a number of years. 'Brand' is overrated. Safe streets, good neighborhoods, and politicians more concerned with substance than brand are what make Kansas special," tweeted Jason Whitlock, host of BlazeTV's "Fearless with Jason Whitlock."

"Kansas has KS wheat, Jayhawk basketball, KS beef, and the Wizard of Oz. What's New York Mayor Adams' brand? Violence, murder, homelessness, and high taxes? I'll take Kansas any day," GOP Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas tweeted.

"I'm choosing Kansas over New York City 100 times out of 100. See, I've never stepped over human feces in Kansas the way I have in NYC," Blaze Media's Keith Malinak tweeted. "Wait....Is human fecal matter on the sidewalks of your city your brand, @ericadamsfornyc?"

While many Americans have been disturbed by the "Drag Queen Story Hour" phenomenon that involves drag queens reading stories to children, Mayor Adams has previously expressed support for the practice of holding events with drag queens at schools and libraries.

"Drag storytellers, and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces," a tweet posted earlier this year on the @NYCMayor Twitter account read. "At a time when our LGBTQ+ communities are under increased attack across this country, we must use our education system to educate. The goal is not only for our children to be academically smart, but also emotionally intelligent," another tweet stated.

\u201cAt a time when our LGBTQ+ communities are under increased attack across this country, we must use our education system to educate. The goal is not only for our children to be academically smart, but also emotionally intelligent.\u201d
— Mayor Eric Adams (@Mayor Eric Adams) 1655422119

NYPD officer clobbers woman who appears to assault him, knocking her flat on her back. Police were arresting her boyfriend — an attempted murder suspect.



Cellphone video caught the moment a New York City police officer hit a woman who appeared to assault him during the arrest of her boyfriend — an attempted murder suspect — knocking her flat on her back on a Harlem sidewalk.

What are the details?

The video shows officers arresting the suspect on West 136th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard just before 5 p.m. Tuesday when Tamani Crum — a 19-year-old Bronx resident — rushed up to the scene, the New York Daily News reported.

Crum confronted an officer sources identified as Kendo Kinsey, the Daily News said. The pair appeared to exchange initial contact, with the officer easily sending her backward a few feet.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @etanthomas36

But Crum moved toward the officer again and appeared to hit or slap him on his right shoulder — and then the cop apparently had enough.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @etanthomas36

With that, the officer hit Crum fast and brutally hard, appearing to strike her in the face or head, after which Crum fell to her back on the sidewalk.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @etanthomas36

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @etanthomas36

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @etanthomas36

One witness is heard yelling in the video as Crum held her hands to her face, telling the cop, “You’re wilding, bro!” and referring to Crum as "a little girl."

The officer who hit Crum and another officer then picked her up and handcuffed her. Police said Crum was charged with assault on an officer, obstructing governmental administration, and resisting arrest, the Daily News reported.

Former NBA player Etan Thomas posted video of the incident on Twitter and noted that the cop who hit Crum "has ZERO business being a police officer & should be fired immediately." Thomas then asked Mayor Eric Adams if he has "the moral courage to publicly condemn this?”

Content warning: Racial slur

\u201cHe has ZERO business being a police officer & should be fired immediately. @ericadamsfornyc do you have the moral courage to publicly condemn this ? You can\u2019t be #BackTheBlue regardless if they are right or wrong. That\u2019s not leadership\u201d
— Etan Thomas (@Etan Thomas) 1661910293

Rev. Al Sharpton was supposed to hold a press conference about the incident Wednesday afternoon, the paper said.

What did police have to say?

The NYPD stated that the officer’s actions were justified, the Daily News reported.

Kinsey and other cops were arresting 22-year-old Elvin James — a suspect in an Aug. 12 case of attempted murder, the paper said. During his arrest, James was found with a loaded gun and drugs, police added to the Daily News.

Also during the arrest, an angry crowd gathered and began assaulting officers, the paper said, citing NYPD statements. One officer suffered a minor head injury, the Daily News said.

Faith Harrell, 27, was hit with the same charges as Crum, along with menacing and harassment, the Daily News reported. A 26-year-old woman was given a summons for spitting at an officer, the paper added.