Don't be sad, you got to see what he really is. He lived on the hard work of those before him, and fortunate (for him) events during his time in power. As it turns out he's an asshat who got lucky.
What graces? He's always been like this. He was one of the most unpopular mayors in the history of NYC before 9/11 occurred and was embroiled in controversy for most of his tenure
That he was an unpopular mayor. I have a poll that rates him as the most popular mayor in the last 50 years.
I can’t find anything that says he was an unpopular mayor.
Now in fairness the poll is after 9/11. I was a kid when he was In officer and I remember him being very popular. He was credited with the large crime drop and revitalization of NY city.
Got it, so your objections with my source has nothing to do with historical facts about his political career. That "large crime drop" was the era of stop-and-frisk btw, which is widely known to have been executed in a very racist manner.
Not sure how that’s a citation for he was unpopular. Do you have an actual cite like poll data? My memory could be faulty but I remember him being very popular until he got involved with Trump.