Ben Shapiro condemns Cea Weaver's tenant-policy appointment over past posts
Ben ShapiroPolitical commentator and podcast host
Shapiro condemned Weaver’s appointment after reading her property and white-supremacy posts.
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On November 19, 2018, Cea Weaver posted: “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.”
“That lady is in charge of tenant policy. Congrats, New York.”
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Cea Weaver’s “impoverish the white middle class” and homeownership remarks
A deleted November 2018 post attributed to New York City tenant official Cea Weaver said, “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.” The wording resurfaced after Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Weaver to lead the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. Critics called the language racist, extreme, or disqualifying; defenders emphasized Weaver’s tenant-advocacy record and argued that the backlash served real-estate interests. Weaver expressed regret for some old wording without specifically retracting this sentence.
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Searchable transcript of Shapiro reading Weaver’s posts and criticizing her appointment.
Before the quotation
Shapiro read and summarized several resurfaced Weaver posts.
After the quotation
He used the appointment to criticize New York’s political direction.
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The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The sarcastic conclusion clearly rejects both the remarks and the decision to place Weaver in tenant-policy authority.
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