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New York Mayor De Blasio Thinks There Should Be A Parade To Honor His Work

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New York City Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio believes he is running the city so well that the people should be having parades out in the streets.

De Blasio gave himself credit for crime falling over the past four years, for rising graduation rates and test scores, and claims more jobs are being created than any point in history.

“When I think about how crime’s gone down for four years, graduation rates up, test scores are up, more jobs than ever in our history — I think, ‘Wow, just that quick profile, any candidate anywhere would want it,'” he said to New York magazine.

“You’d assume they’d be having parades out in the streets. But that’s not the time in history we’re living in,” he continued.

De Blasio’s job-approval rating has continued to sink throughout the summer, going from a 50 to 42 percent margin, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released in late July.

The New York Mayor has also been taking some heat for comments made in late August where he said was unaware of a Vladimir Lenin statue that exists on the lower east side of Manhattan.

“There’s a statue of Vladimir Lenin? That’s news to me. First, I in all my days here in New York City, I have never heard of there being a statue of Vladimir Lenin on the lower east side,” Mayor de Blasio told The Daily Caller at a press conference. “It may be true. I’ve literally never heard of that in my life. Anyone heard of that before? That’s a new one.”

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