{"id":378284,"date":"2021-12-08T22:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mayor-bill-de-blasio-loves-ny-post-santanista-claus-page-one\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T22:10:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:10:51","slug":"mayor-bill-de-blasio-loves-ny-post-santanista-claus-page-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mayor-bill-de-blasio-loves-ny-post-santanista-claus-page-one\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mayor Bill de Blasio loves NY Post &#8216;Santanista Claus&#8217; Page one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mayor Bill de Blasio loves NY Post &#8216;Santanista Claus&#8217; Page one<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Merry Christmas, Bill.<\/p>\n<p>With just a few weeks left in his second and final term, Mayor Bill de Blasio made a point of expressing his love for a critical New York Post Page One from earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>With the headline \u201cSantanista Claus,\u201d the wood \u2014 tabloid <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper slang for a front page \u2014 depicted Hizzoner as Saint Nick with a Fidel Castro-like beard and hat. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the zing, de Blasio on Wednesday called it one of his \u201call-time\u201d favorites. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to break in and say I was impressed by your cover art on the cover page yesterday,\u201d the mayor interrupted a Post reporter Wednesday before her question during one of his last press briefings. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just thought it was creative. I mean, come on, you got to always be impressed by the people who create The Post covers and the witty phrases. That was pretty good,\u201d he chuckled. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20415439\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>During Wednsday\u2019s press briefing, Mayor Bill de Blasio cut into a Post reporter\u2019s question to heap praise on the recent headline and cover art. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-inline-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20211207_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300\" alt=\"New York Post cover\" class=\"wp-image-20415457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20211207_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20211207_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=450 450w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20211207_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20211207_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=150 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20211207_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>The front page was created by Post artist Peter LaVigna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The satirical front page was designed by Post artist Peter LaVigna.<\/p>\n<p>Asked for his favorite Post cover over his eight years in office, de Blasio said the \u201cSantanista\u201d cover vies for first place. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s gotta go way up the list, I tell you, that\u2019s got to go on my all-time greatest hits list,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s Santanista cover featured the mayor as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist Saint Nick popping out of a chimney beside a list of lump-of-coal \u201cgifts\u201d he was leaving the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le as he leaves office. <\/p>\n<p>The progressive\u2019s goodies were the new vaccine mandate for private employers, city-approved shooting galleries and axing the Department of Education\u2019s Gifted and Talented program.<\/p>\n<p>But de Blasio has inspired several other memorable Post woods.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Bill de Blasio\" class=\"wp-image-20415481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/de-blasio_04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Bill de Blasio said the \u201cSantanista\u201d cover was one of his favorites from his tenure.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Blasio <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to the Marxist Sandinista regime in 1988 to distribute food and medicine during Nicaragua\u2019s civil war. At the time, the US opposed the Sandinistas, who were receiving weapons from the Soviets and supplies from Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>He also visited Castro\u2019s Cuba in 1991 for his honeymoon. <\/p>\n<p>During a campaign stop in Miami when he was running his long-shot bid for president in June 2019, de Blasio drew the ire of Cuban exiles for praising Che Guevara. In response, The Post\u2019s cover showed de Blasio in the infamous revolutionary\u2019s iconic beret with the headline \u2014 \u201cChe What? De Blasio outrages Miami Cubans by quoting Guevara.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20190516_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961\" alt=\"NYPost cover\" class=\"wp-image-20415665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20190516_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1922 1922w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20190516_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1441 1441w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20190516_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961 961w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20190516_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=480 480w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20190516_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Bill de Blasio inspired many Post headlines over the years, including ones during his ill-fated run for president.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">rico<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When de Blasio dropped out of the race that fall \u2014 after polling at just 1 percent \u2014 The Post ran an \u201cobituary\u201d on its front page for the short-lived political campaign that\u2019d been \u201crigor mortis for some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early in his administration, The Post gave \u201cBlazzzz\u201d an old-fashioned alarm clock at a briefing and snapped a photo of Hizzoner holding the sans-snooze-button relic. That 2014 shot graced the front page with the headline, \u201cNo More Excuses\u201d a day after the perennially late mayor missed the start of a ceremony for Flight 587 crash victims because he \u201cwoke up sluggish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year later, New York\u2019s top tabloid depicted de Blasio\u2019s famous feuding with ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo by putting the dueling duo in a boxing ring. \u201cRaging Bill\u201d threw a fierce uppercut in the photo illustration as he ripped Cuomo\u2019s \u201cpolitical machinations.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20170905_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961\" alt=\"NYPost cover\" class=\"wp-image-20415685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20170905_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1922 1922w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20170905_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1441 1441w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20170905_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961 961w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20170905_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=480 480w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20170905_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\"\/><figcaption>De Blasio had said he wasn\u2019t getting enough praise for his leadership.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">vmodica<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20180302_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961\" alt=\"NY Post cover\" class=\"wp-image-20415720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20180302_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1922 1922w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20180302_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1441 1441w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20180302_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961 961w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20180302_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=480 480w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypost_20180302_BRXP-3_001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\"\/><figcaption>De Blasio\u2019s pick to run the NYC schools system in 2018 decided to stay put in Miami.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">csuarez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By September 2017, almost halfway through his mayoralty, de Blasio griped that he wasn\u2019t getting enough credit for his leadership. \u201cWhere\u2019s My Parade?,\u201d the paper\u2019s front page blared in response, with an image of Hizzoner as a grand marshal swirling a baton and sporting a sash that read, \u201cBest Mayor Ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a 2018 front page that surely belongs on the mayor\u2019s \u201cMost Embarrassing Moments\u201d list has de Blasio dressed as a bride with the headline \u201cJilted!\u201d after the Miami schools boss reneged on an offer to lead the city\u2019s Department of Education \u2014 on live television.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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