The people of New York pulled a fast one on Mayor Bloomberg last night, defying Dear Leader and electing his supposedly "racist," "class warfare"-waging arch-enemy to replace him. So it should come as no surprise that Bill de Blasio got a very grumpy-looking Bloomberg this morning when the two sat down for some special post-election bonding time at City Hall.
The Bloomberg and de Blasio pic. No one is smiling. pic.twitter.com/KY4aawsSLg
— Grace Rauh (@gracerauh) November 6, 2013
.@mikebloomberg and @billdeblasio chatting in the City Hall bullpen pic.twitter.com/EnxDdeNj6v
— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) November 6, 2013
Scenes from the first meeting between Mayor Bloomberg and @deBlasioNYC. They're seated on the stage of the bullpen. pic.twitter.com/Y0BgCR05Az
— Brigid Bergin (@brigidbergin) November 6, 2013
. @MikeBloomberg @BilldeBlasio photo op from the bullpen. pic.twitter.com/UkbAx7vIgJ
— howard wolfson (@howiewolf) November 6, 2013
De Blasio reportedly told the press that the mayor had given him some "good advice," and that being at City Hall as the mayoral-elect was a "special feeling," though from the looks of things, Bloomberg was brewing his own "special" brand of good old fashioned rancor. Or maybe he's just bummed de Blasio wore a blue tie too, who knows!
On the other hand, the mayor's office ran with a slightly more civil photograph of the present and future NYC leaders for their official Twitter feed, with Bloomberg reaching his hand out to de Blasio.
Today in the bullpen: Mayor Bloomberg welcomed Mayor-Elect @BilldeBlasio pic.twitter.com/3w7SEdM4wQ
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) November 6, 2013
Before presumably pulling that hand back with a triumphant "PSYCHE!", that is.
