Megyn Kelly says backlash to Cea Weaver's homeownership remarks was predictable
Megyn KellyPolitical commentator and podcast host
Kelly condemned Weaver’s language and said backlash was predictable.
Responding to
On November 19, 2018, Cea Weaver posted: “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.”
“You can’t run around calling white people who own homes racist and say you have plans to devastate the white middle class and not expect a little blowback.”
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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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Transcript supporting direct critical comments by Kelly and Halperin.
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Kelly and Mark Halperin discussed Weaver’s deleted posts and appointment.
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The discussion questioned how Weaver passed vetting and what the appointment signaled.
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Kelly expressly rejects the language and characterizes it as an attack on white homeowners and the white middle class.
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