Eric Adams’ indictment has come at the worst time for Democrats

Just hours before New York City mayor Eric Adams was hit with a federal indictment, a split within the New York Democratic Party had already began.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the democratic socialist congresswoman from the Bronx and Queens, called on Adams to resign. “I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City,” she wrote on Twitter. “The flood of resignations and vacancies are threatening gov function. Nonstop investigations will make it impossible to recruit and retain a qualified administration.For the good of the city, he should resign.”

But shortly thereafer, a reporter from a New York station asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asked about Ocasio-Cortez’s claims during a press conference.

“Eric Adams is working as hard as he can to be the best mayor possible and meet the needs of the residents of New York City,” Jefferies said in response. “We need Eric Adams to be successful as mayor, because he is the mayor at this moment in time.”

That evening, after the final votes in the House before the election were cast, the indictment dropped.

Adams’ indictment includes five charges of wire fraud, bribery, conspiracy, and solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national. Adams has denied any wrongdoing. And while this may seem like a New York story, the truth is that its ramifications extend across the country.

In fact, Adams served as a thorn in the side of the Biden administration because of his repeated criticisms of the president’s immigration policy. Donald Trump even hinted that might be the reason for Adams’s indictment (there is, of course, no evidence to support such a claim.)

“I watched about a year ago when [Adams] talked about how the illegal migrants are