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On February 7, Politico broke a scandal: NY Mayor Eric Adams eats fish. The mayor is a self-proclaimed vegan, and his comms team denied he did any such thing. But the restaurant confirmed: He does it all the time!

Politico asked him to explain. He responded, “The more plant-based meals you have, the healthier you are going to be.” He added, “No one is perfect in this city”

A vegan writing for Grub Street seemed appalled -- she called the revelations “explosive”

The Washington Free Beacon also wasn’t impressed. The dude compared cheese to heroin, man

But Vox was very forgiving: “Adams is an imperfect vegan. And that’s okay”. All-or-nothing and cold-turkey politics don’t work. Let’s be nuanced about the issue

Yes, says Slate. Adams is a pragmatist, both in his personal food habits and in what he preaches. The message that we should all just eat a little less meat is dead on

The NYT pointed out that this whole saga “reinforced concerns” that Adams doesn’t always tell the truth

Agreed, says The National Review. Fishgate is appalling, and the war on meat is a hypocritical, meaningless, religious crusade

A month later, in March, Politico entered the fray again: Looks like Adams is also after kids’ chocolate milk. But that looks destined to fail -- it’s incredibly expensive and inefficient to give kids oat and nut milk in NYC