De Blasio: Harris’s gun comment ‘common sense’

(News Nation) — Vice President Harris' comments Thursday that she would shoot anyone who invades her home may have shocked some people, but not former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

“I think a lot of people listening will say, 'Well, if someone is in your home and they pose a danger to you or your family, that's common sense,'” Mayor de Blasio told “The Hill” on Friday. “That's what people do to protect themselves,” he added.

“I'm a gun owner,” Harris said at a “Unite for America” ​​event with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday. “If someone breaks into my house, I'll be shot,” she added.

“I probably shouldn't have said that,” Harris said shortly after.

Mayor de Blasio, who was just a few feet away from Mayor Harris at the event, said, “I immediately thought, 'Oh my gosh, that's how anybody would feel if someone broke into their home.' I thought it was real. I think Mayor Harris realized this was going to be headlines.”

The former New York mayor also had harsh words for former President Trump's comments that he would begin mass deportations of people who are in the US illegally if he returned to the White House.

“Mass deportations are un-American and dangerous,” he said.

“The vast majority (of immigrants) are law-abiding and part of our community. Mass deportations are not an American tradition. I think they are very dangerous.”

He also blamed the Republican governors of Texas and Florida for exacerbating the city's migrant crisis with a “cynical strategy” of busing thousands of migrants from their states to New York City.

Mayor de Blasio, meanwhile, praised the city's history as a magnet for immigrants.

“It’s worked in New York City. We’re the most immigrant-receiving place in American history, and we’re also an incredibly successful city. — Both economically and socially.”