Bill deBlasio blames the zoo for the dead groundhog thing

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New York Magazine did a Q&A with former mayor and Red Sox fan Bill deBlasio. The infamous fatal groundhog fall incident in 2014 happened.

Blame the dopes at the Staten Island Zoo for handing the poor animal over to him, deBlasio says. From the feature:

On a lighter but more tragic note, do you regret dropping the groundhog in 2014?

Yeah. 100 per cent. I’m like, don’t make me hold a fucking groundhog. I mean, what is it? Let me tell you exactly what happened.

Please.

I go there and it’s seven in the morning, which means my motor skills aren’t at their best. I put on these gloves, and they’re like, Here’s a groundhog, I’m like, What the fuck? I’m like, don’t you have a little more coaching to go with that or whatever? It was silly. Why would you want a chosen one to hold a groundhog? I don’t know anything about holding groundhogs. So everything is just crazy. There is an original sin here. Don’t give someone a groundhog, do you?

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That’s something George Costanza would say. Maybe hold the groundhog like a baby or a small dog? A marmot weighs less than 10 pounds according to the Internet. An elected adult should be able to understand this.

It remains hilarious this guy thought he could become president.

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James Kratch

James Kratch is the editor of ESNY. Previously, he worked as a reporter for Rutgers and Giants (and Mike Francesa) for NJ Advance Media.

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