we are now learning the man charged with writing anti-semitic messages worked to fight hate crimes. he is facing four hate crime charges including arson for allegedly setting a fire at a jewish school and he worked on anti-hate crime initiatives about a decade ago as an sberp for former speaker christine quinn. his life included years in and out of the foster care system profiled in a piece just last year. live for us at the union temple in brooklyn. what else are we learning? reporter: fred, former speaker quinn responded to this saying she is heartbroken to hear about the latest developments. also said at least she can
polls, quinn has seen her support plummet. now, some of the reasons for this are big as city council speaker quinn was mayor bloomberg s partner for the last seven years. for voters is eager for a break, electing quinn is tantamount to eight fourth term for the billionaire mayor. i have no doubt there is lingering doubt over rolling back term limits that allowed bloomberg to run for a third term. the speakership is no place to launch a mayor is campaign. her two immediate predecessors is tried it and failed. is there something for insidious at work? for some supporters there is a strong whiff of as ojmisogyny. i don t ask you where you accepted your kids to school. don t bother me where i send mine. we are building these whether you consent or not.
casting their primary vote fast approaching. many pros noft kagnosticators d expect her to be looking up at the polls in the race. joining us now for our daily fix, chris cillizza and co-post of in play you shufting between places. national political correspondent karen tumulty is in studio. now that the spotlight is finally off of anthony weiner at least for the moment, michael bloomberg, has relationship to speaker quinn, the connection the two of them had, the various policies, give us a sense of her campaign at this time and what you really think the conversation is behind the scenes? you ve hit on it. i think the biggest problem here is that chris quinn is seen by many democrats as essentially a fourth term of michael bloomberg. he is not someone who s all that popular in a democratic primary
the mayor has been a major representative of this country, welcoming visitors, celebrated and not from around the world. we know their names well. we know them well. la guardia, john lindsay, ed koch, rudy giuliani, mike bloomberg. they are household names, not just in this country, but in the world at large. so the question of who stands out there representing not just new yorkers, not just democrats in many cases, but us is a question worthy of debate. tonight we have the front-runner for the office of mayor of new york city, city council speaker christine quinn. thank you, speaker quinn, for joining us. it s great to have you on the show. thank you. i don t think you re ready for this. maybe you ve been thinking about this. the public role of mayor of metropolis. yep. gotham, the big apple, the greatest city in the world. the center of the consciousness of the universe. how big a public role is that in the context of this sleazy thing we ve been talking about?
and i would say the issue here isn t about his relationship with his wife. the issue is about his relationship with the voters. he s twice deceived them, lied about his activity, and why would you repost trust in someone who did that? i think he is delusional at this point and doesn t understand the situation. if you re the ceo of a company looking to locate to new york city in the next couple years with anthony weiner as mayor, would you feel confident and comfortable with his leadership styles and abilities it s not even worthy of discussion. he shouldn t be mayor of new york. bad judgment. what happened to honor and shame? in european politics, which has a lot of problem, people resign for much smaller stuff than that. you feel bad about it but keep running. it s narcissistic, selfish, and insult to the people of new york and mayor. speaker of new york city council mayoral candidate christine quinn. speaker quinn, welcome. thank you very much. you have called anthony