Mayor Adams invokes 'Mein Kampf,' takes vicious dig at Dem rival in defiant message refusing to step down | 17 Feb 2025 | Mayor Eric Adams invoked Mein Kampf at a Brooklyn church rally Monday afternoon as he defiantly blasted rivals calling for him to step down -- as chaos swirled around the administration. Adams -- who delivered the speech to a group of about 50 supporters at the Rehoboth Cathedral on MacDougal Street -- also took a vicious dig at public advocate and potential successor Jumaane Williams, who would take over as mayor if the embattled, indicted Adams abdicated his office. "I still don't know what he does, because it's hard to really serve the city when you wake up at noon," Hizzoner said of Williams... During his remarks, Adams also claimed he once heard Martin Luther King, Jr. recite a quote from Hitler's Nazi manifesto, Mein Kampf, that went something like, "If you tell a lie long enough, loud enough, people will tend to believe it’s true. And that's what you're seeing right there, right now: A modern-day Mein Kampf," Adams told his supporters, appearing to imply he was being persecuted by liars.