The Tish James I know is a bully and a hypocrite

I first ran into a little-known New York City Councilwoman named Letitia James successful nan aughts astatine a Brooklyn news convention astir rapper Foxy Brown. It seems Foxy had been busted, again, complete immoderate bad behavior.

And among nan group who came retired to take sides her was James, whose existent schedule had thing to do pinch hep hop aliases crime. It was each astir making a sanction for herself.

And she did. For each nan incorrect reasons.

James, whom I’d ne'er met aliases moreover heard of, made a beeline for maine astatine nan arena and started haranguing maine — but not astir nan troubled signaling artist. She was furious astir my columns supporting nan still-unbuilt Barclays Center, which I believed would revitalize a decrepit swath of Brooklyn and bring high-profile intermezo and jobs to a spot wherever they were desperately needed.

James was 1 of nan project’s astir ardent opponents, and she demanded that I alteration my tune.

I told her that my columns simply reflected my profoundly held opinion.

Besides, I said, I really didn’t deliberation it due that she face maine complete thing unrelated to nan rapper successful question, and attempted to locomotion away. But James followed me, continuing her unglued rant. She would not get retired of my face.

I thought she was nuts.

Barclays, of course, did get built, and turned retired to beryllium a awesome success, putting a dent successful unemployment successful section lodging projects and bringing world-class acts — Jay-Z, Barbra Streisand, conscionable to sanction 2 — to nan halfway of Brooklyn.

And James, who later proudly became nan first female of colour elected to citywide office arsenic nationalist advocate, abruptly dropped her opposition, angering her chap protesters.

It seemed that sucking up to powerful developers arsenic she climbed nan governmental nutrient concatenation was much important than her expected beliefs.

So I americium unsurprised that nan lawyer wide who railed against Donald Trump’s alleged business fraud is being accused of akin behavior.

James, nan dress combatant for nan small people, apparently declared that a location she bought successful Virginia successful 2023 was her superior residence, though arsenic New York’s apical charismatic she was required by rule to unrecorded successful this state.

More bizarrely, she is accused of purchasing different spot pinch her begetter arsenic a co-signer — but falsely listing nan brace arsenic “husband and wife” successful 1983 and 2000.

All this, allegedly, to get cheaper owe rates. She could look criminal charges.

Whatever nan result of these allegations, James will apt unrecorded to regret her infamous declaration she aimed astatine Donald Trump : “No matter really big, rich | aliases powerful you deliberation you are, nary 1 is supra nan law.”

I’d for illustration to adhd this: No matter really big, rich | and powerful you deliberation you are, hypocrites will ever beryllium exposed. So possibly deliberation doubly earlier you scold and harass a president, aliases real-estate developers, aliases journalists, and look successful nan mirror.