A key adviser to New York City’s newly elected socialist mayor became visibly emotional when questioned about her past controversial tweets concerning race.
Cea Weaver, aged 37, was brought to tears when approached outside her Brooklyn residence on Wednesday morning.
Upon noticing a reporter from the Daily Mail near her home, Weaver took off down the street, declining to comment on her professor mother Celia Appleton’s $1.4 million Craftsman house in the rapidly gentrifying area of Nashville, tearfully responding with a simple ‘No’ when asked.
Initially heading toward a subway station, Weaver abruptly turned back, retreating into her house, which prominently displays a ‘Free Palestine’ sign in a window.
Afterward, she was spotted looking out from behind the same window adorned with the poster.
Weaver, who now heads the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, has a history of tweeting statements like ‘homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy’ and labeling it as racist, further encouraging actions to ‘impoverish the white middle class.’
In another Twitter missive from 2018, Weaver wrote: ‘There is no such thing as “good gentrifier,” only people who are actively working on projects to dismantle white supremacy and capitalism and people who aren’t.’
Weaver further called on people to ‘seize private property’ and called for the election of communist lawmakers.
Woke New York City Mayoral Aide Cea Weaver burst into tears on Wednesday morning when confronted about her anti-white tweets and hypocrisy
Weaver sniffed ‘no’ through tears when a Daily Mail reporter asked her about her mothers $1.4 million home, after she claimed white people owning property is racist
The privileged former Bryn Mawr College student’s stunning hypocrisy was uncovered by the Daily Mail on Wednesday when we revealed her mother owned a gorgeous Craftsman home in Nashville worth $1.4 million.
The Tennessee city is America’s fastest-gentrifying.
But Weaver gave no indication to her family wealth – and has now refused to say whether she will ask her mother to give up her private property.
Weaver lives in Crown Heights – a historically black neighborhood whose longtime residents have also been priced out by white newcomers.
In a press conference on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he stood by Weaver, but his team is understood to have been caught by surprise by her anti-white tweets.
She attempted to distance herself from them yesterday in a statement that said: ‘Regretful comments from years ago do not change what has always been clear – my commitment to making housing affordable and equitable for New York’s renters.’
The Trump administration said it is aware of Weaver’s anti-white tweets and warned she faces a federal investigation if any evidence of anti-Caucasian discrimination emerges.
Cea Weaver’s mother Professor Celia Appleton lives in this $1.4 million Craftsman home in Nashville. Weaver says white people owning homes is racist and has railed against the evils of gentrification
Cea Weaver is pictured with New York City’s new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who says he is standing by her despite her anti
Weaver is pictured far left, back row, standing in front of her mother Celia Appleton while attending her brother’s wedding
A selection of Cea Weaver’s anti-white tweets emerged after her appointment by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani
Weaver’s mother Applegate, a professor of German Studies at Vanderbilt University and her partner David Blackbourn, a professor of history, purchased their home in Music City USA’s Hillsboro West End neighborhood in July 2012 for $814,000, according to county property records.
Since then, its value has soared by nearly $600,000 – a surge in value likely to infuriate Weaver, who has been vocal in her dislike of wealth-building through property ownership.
When contacted by the Daily Mail via phone on Tuesday, Weaver said: ‘I can’t talk to you now, but can talk to you later,’ and hung up before a reporter could ask any questions
