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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Raul Rivera, Member of the Public
2:21:21
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Raul Rivera, introducing himself as a member of the public and son of Juanita Figueroa, criticizes the NYC City Council, particularly its female members, for what he perceives as attacks on "real women" and mothers. He expresses dissatisfaction with the council's approach to gender issues and invokes historical civil rights figures to support his argument.
- Rivera accuses the council of removing the word "mother" from its language, which he considers disrespectful to civil rights leaders and mothers.
- He criticizes Speaker Adams and Council Member Brooks Powers, alleging that Powers is blocking meetings with people of color.
- Rivera concludes by inviting Elon Musk to investigate NGOs in the city and expressing support for former President Trump's stance on gender.
Raul Rivera
2:21:21
Yes.
2:21:22
Oh, I forgot.
2:21:23
I'm a rookie.
2:21:24
My name is Raul Rivera.
2:21:25
I'm the son of Juanita Figueroa.
2:21:28
I want to congratulate the 30 plus women in this city council for letting real men off the hook.
2:21:34
The women in this city council do not represent women.
2:21:38
This oppressive city council is attacking real women, and the fact that the word mother was removed from the language in the city council is a disgrace to Shirley Chisholm, Rosa Parks, and all mothers, and all real mothers.
2:21:55
Rosa Parks was a real woman, a real freedom fighter, a civil rights leader.
2:22:01
Our civil our civil rights leaders are rolling over in their graves to think this oppressive majority women city council is not protecting real women.
2:22:15
Speaker Adams will never come close to any of our civil rights leaders, let alone Rosa Parks, as much as she may try.
2:22:24
And this is not a personal attack.
2:22:26
This is our freedom of speech, you know?
2:22:28
And we say what we say with love, people might not understand that.
2:22:32
And for the record, your colleague and chair to the transportation committee, Brooks Powers, is blocking people of color from receiving justice.
2:22:43
You know we've been trying to get meetings with her and she's been blocking us, she's coming up with nonsense, she's met with us in the past.
2:22:50
I wouldn't even be here if she gave us our meeting.
2:22:52
We have to come to other meetings and be vocal about this.
2:22:55
It's pretty shameful.
2:22:56
And she's a person of color.
2:22:58
As a native New Yorker, I personally invite Musk and the Doge team to investigate every single NGO in this city.
2:23:08
Finally, thank you to president Trump who declared there are only two genders, long live the real mother.
2:23:15
Thank you.