Over two years ago, Representative Anthony Weiner tried to change the nation's immigration laws to help fashion models who can't get the necessary work visas to come to America (and NYC in particular). The tabloids had a good laugh, because Weiner wants models ha ha, and the legislation went nowhere. But today on his radio show, Mayor Bloomberg hopped on the model bandwagon, urging Washington to change the immigration laws to enable thousands of professional good looking people to flood our borders. And so, in response to Hizzoner's sudden interest in the plight of international models, Weiner got a little catty on the Twitter.
"Great minds think alike...eventually," Weiner tweeted @MikeBloomberg. Leave Weiner's models alone, Bloomberg! @MikeBloomberg was probably too busy blowing rails of Weiner's models' behinds to tweet back, but we all hope this escalates into a full on Twitter feud. If it does, Bloomberg's probably not sweating it, because he's got some heavy hitters on his side. Today the Mayor announced that eleven leading designers, retailers, wholesalers, and entrepreneurs from the fashion industry have joined his fight for immigration reform. These include such boldfaced names as Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, Brooks Brothers, Perry Ellis, and Brooks Brothers. You do not want to mess with the Brooks; they will cut you up with their wingtips.
On his radio show, Bloomberg said, "New York City is the fashion capital of the world, and that means thousands of jobs for our City—not only for models and designers, but also for seamstresses, deliverymen, clothing manufacturers and caterers. But if international fashion companies face too many visa problems in America, they will simply move their billions in revenue and thousands of jobs to our competitors overseas. We need an immigration strategy that supports our businesses, instead of getting in their way." Damn, you gonna take that, Weiner?!
