[h=1]De Blasio says NYC will sue if the Trump administration tries to make Muslims register in a database[/h]
[h=2]Mayor de Blasio delivers a public address in the Great Hall at Cooper Union on Monday, denouncing many of the plans Donald Trump said he would implement if elected president.[/h] BY Jennifer Fermino
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Monday, November 21, 2016, 1:36 PM New York City would sue to stop the federal government if the Trump administration went forward with a plan to require all Muslims to register in a database, Mayor de Blasio said Monday. De Blasio, in a speech before hundreds of supporters on Monday denouncing many of Trump's policies, said, "We will sue to block it." "We will use all the tools at our disposal to stand up for our people," he said. He spoke a day after President-elect Trump's Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told “Meet the Press” they wouldn't rule one out, though they weren't planning it. De Blasio says he told Trump stop and frisk is a no-go in NYC
De Blasio, speaking in the same hall at Cooper Union where Abraham Lincoln gave a famous anti-slavery speech, said it's important for New York to be at the forefront of a burgeoning anti-Trump movement because this city has always been a beacon of opportunity all over the world. He said we need to organize "issue by issue" with other Americans, and stressed that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was winning the popular vote by 1.5 million at last count. He urged the crowd — which twice gave him a standing ovation — to "always be proud of our values." "The president-elect talked during the campaign about the movement that he had built. Now its our turn to build a movement, a movement of the majority," he said. De Blasio thinks he got through to Trump during hour-long meeting
He told the crowd he reminded the Queens-born President-elect "to remember where you come from" — which prompted a huge round of applause.