New Yorkers of all political stripes unify in distaste for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ‘completely out of touch’ 2020 run

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City Councilman Bill de Blasio, the Democratic candidate for Public Advocate, emerges from the voting booth after casting his ballot in the general election at Camp Friendship in Park Slope on Nov. 3, 2009.
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NYC Public Advocate Bill De Blasio hands out flyers at the Christopher St. subway station alerting commuters to "Help Keep Our Subways Safe" and tell the MTA and State Leaders to stop cutting station agents and start fixing over 2,000 broken station security cameras on April 5, 2010.
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A lawsuit was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Oct. 22, 2008, by City Council members Letitia James (l.) and Bill De Blasio (r.) to block the proposed City Council vote that could alter the current term limits for elected officials, including then-Mayor Bloomberg.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (r.), along with Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina (l.) and First Lady Chirlane McCray (c.) reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," visits Pre-K classes at Home Sweet Home Children's School in Queens on the first day of NYC public schools on Sept. 4, 2014, in Queens. de Blasio is touring universal pre-kindergarten programs throughout the city after implementing the program ten days prior.
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Public Advocate Bill de Blasio holds a press conference on Feb. 12, 2012, outside of Tweed Courthouse calling on the Teacher's Union and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reach a deal on teacher evaluations.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray speak to reporters in Battery Park City.
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Bill de Blasio (r.), Democratic hopeful for the office of the New York City Public Advocate, speaks from the podium as opponent Mark Green looks on during a debate at the WNYC studios in New York on Sept. 8, 2009.
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(L-R) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shake hands during a press conference to discuss Amazon's decision to bring a new corporate location to New York on Nov. 13, 2018. While de Blasio was initially for the company setting up shop in Queens, he ultimately sided with residents and their disdain.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America" on May 16, 2019, after declaring his candidacy to run for the President of the United States on a Youtube video on Thursday morning.
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Mayor de Blasio turned his attention to running for Public Advocate in 2009. Here, Reverend Al Sharpton endorses de Blasio for Public Advocate on the steps of City Hall on July 6, 2009.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he would be ending his presidential campaign on Sept. 20, 2019. "I feel like I have contributed all I can to this primary election," de Blasio stated on Friday. "It's clearly not my time, so I'm going to end my presidential campaign." The mayor never polled above one percent during his campaign, which he announced on May 16, and couldn't participate in September's Democratic debate due to not meeting fundraising goals or increasing his poll numbers.
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Bill de Blasio poses in the New York headquarters of Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate committee on Friday, Dec. 3, 1999. A veteran New York political operative, de Blasio was hired on Friday by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to manage her campaign for next year's New York Senate race.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by community leaders and city officials to discuss the improved driving and pedestrian traffic on Queens Boulevard, long nicknamed the "boulevard of death" in Elmhurst on May 17, 2017. Vision Zero has been de Blasio's initiative to cut down the city's number of traffic-related accidents and deaths.
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Protestors gather outside Good Morning America while New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared his candidacy to run for the President of the United States.
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New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio marches in the Queens County St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Rockaway, Queens on March 2, 2013. As mayor in 2014, de Blasio said he will skip the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade in Manhattan because participants are not allowed to carry signs or banners that identify as gay.
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Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio (r.) kisses his wife Chirlane McCray after casting his primary vote at the Park Slope Public Library in Brooklyn, New York on Sept. 10, 2013.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio visits Staten Island with numerous city commissioners and officials to sit down with the Borough president Bill Oddo on April 10, 2017. Here, the two break bread over cannolis.
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City Council member Bill de Blasio speaks during a press conference with community leaders while a woman with a stroller navigates the undrained sewage at 37th St. between 14th Ave. and 15th Ave. on May 2, 2007, in Brooklyn. The street was, at the time. without a sidewalk or a drainage system, leaving pedestrians to walk amongst the heavy traffic.
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Councilmember Bill de Blasio arrives for a press conference at 37th St. in Brooklyn on May 2, 2007, to further discuss the street's lack of a sidewalk.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a press conference at PS 130 to announce Meatless Mondays at all NYC schools on March 11, 2019.
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Bill de Blasio (r.) is sworn in as New York City public advocate by Congressman Jerrold Nadler during a ceremony on the steps of City Hall on Jan. 1, 2010, in New York. Wife and First Lady of New York City Chirlane (2-r), son Dante (c.) and daughter Chiara look on.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to City Hall employees and his staff as he leaves City Hall in Manhattan, New York City for the last time as mayor on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio arrives with his wife Chirlane McCray for an interview on "Good Morning America" on May 16, 2019, to discuss his presidential run in the 2020 race.
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City Council member Bill de Blasio (c.) is taken into custody while protesting the closing of Engine Company 204 on May 25, 2003, in Brooklyn, New York. City officials have justified the closings by saying population shifts have made the firehouses unnecessary. de Blasio was a City Council member from 2002 to 2009 before successfully running for Public Advocate.

By Chris Sommerfeldt | csommerfeldt@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News, Melkorka Licea and Trevor Boyer

PUBLISHED: May 16, 2019 at 6:56 p.m. | UPDATED: May 16, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

New Yorkers from both sides of the political aisle came together Thursday in a united front of disgust for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s nascent 2020 presidential bid, ripping Hizzoner as “completely out of touch” with what Americans need in the next election.

Throngs of protesters waited for de Blasio as he arrived at ABC News’s “Good Morning America” studios in Times Square shortly after 8 a.m. for his first interview since announcing his 2020 campaign in a YouTube video.

“If you can’t run the city, you can’t run the country,” shouted a phalanx of about 150 members of the city’s largest police union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association.

“New York deserves better and the country deserves better,” union boss Pat Lynch said.

Meanwhile, a group of left-leaning protesters were also on site to voice their distaste for the bumbling mayor.

“He claims to be a progressive, but what we’re seeing right now is regressive policies,” said Rev. David Brawley of Brooklyn, blasting de Blasio for breaking his promise of spending $400 million on public housing for senior citizens. “Either do the job, or give up the job. Step up, or step down.”

Protestors gather outside Good Morning America while New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared his candidacy to run for the President of the United States.

The Republican National Committee predictably painted the self-styled progressive mayor as a left-wing radical who can’t be trusted.

“Americans can rest assured that he won’t win, but unfortunately his socialist policies fit right in with the rest of his comrades in the race,” RNC communications director Michael Ahrens said in a red-baiting statement.

An equally as reviled native New Yorker also dished on de Blasio’s 2020 aspirations.

“I can’t believe it. I just heard that the worst mayor in the history of New York City, and without question the worst mayor in the United States, is now running for president,” President Trump said in a video recorded on board Air Force One en route to the Big Apple for a fundraiser. “I wish him luck, but really it would be better off if you get back to New York City and did your job for the little time you have left.”

Less partisan-minded city residents weren’t enthused with de Blasio’s 2020 bid either.

“I’m shocked he believes that so many people in the country will actually vote for him,” said John Richard, 52, an interior design supplier from Manhattan. “He’s completely out of touch. The ego and conceitedness it takes for him to genuinely believe that is unbelievable.”

Despite the widespread disdain, de Blasio was able to claim at least one boon from the people he serves.

“I think he’ll do a much better job than Trump,” Bronx retiree Larry Richardson, 64, said. “The president doesn’t care about poor people at all, but De Blasio is for the people.”