*'''[[New York City]]:''' Democrat mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], whose daughter openly declared her support for Antifa and was among those arrested in the city during the riots, retaliates by threatening to cut funding for the NYPD, effectively also implying his open support for the Antifa rioters and their general and anti-police criminal activity.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/07/mayor-bill-de-blasio-vows-to-cut-nypd-funding-while-violent-crime-soars/ Mayor Bill de Blasio Vows to Cut NYPD Funding While Violent Crime Soars] at Breitbart News Network</ref> This controversy, coupled with his gross incompetence in his mishandling of the [[CCP flu]] pandemic locally, has led to calls for De Blasio to resign as mayor. | *'''[[New York City]]:''' Democrat mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], whose daughter openly declared her support for Antifa and was among those arrested in the city during the riots, retaliates by threatening to cut funding for the NYPD, effectively also implying his open support for the Antifa rioters and their general and anti-police criminal activity.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/07/mayor-bill-de-blasio-vows-to-cut-nypd-funding-while-violent-crime-soars/ Mayor Bill de Blasio Vows to Cut NYPD Funding While Violent Crime Soars] at Breitbart News Network</ref> This controversy, coupled with his gross incompetence in his mishandling of the [[CCP flu]] pandemic locally, has led to calls for De Blasio to resign as mayor. |