{"id":114462,"date":"2026-01-07T21:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=114462"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:09:56","slug":"114462","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=114462","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15442191\/cea-weaver-nyc-aide-racist-mamdani-cries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYC mayoral aide Cea Weaver who says whites owning houses is racist bursts into TEARS when asked about her mother&#8217;s $1.4m Craftsman home<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-5b3dd830-ebd0-11f0-a550-d7a7619f15a4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/woke-culture\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">woke<\/a><\/span>\u00a0aide to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-5b3ee9a0-ebd0-11f0-a550-d7a7619f15a4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/new_york\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">New York City<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s new socialist mayor burst out crying when confronted over her assertion that it is racist for white people to own homes &#8211; despite her own mother owning a $1.4m Craftsman house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cea Weaver, who runs Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s Office to Protect Tenants, was overcome with emotion when confronted outside her apartment in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 37-year-old began running down the street after seeing a Daily Mail reporter outside her home, then said &#8216;No&#8217; through tears\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15439105\/new-york-city-cea-weaver-home-ownership-gentrification-nashville.html\" target=\"_self\">when asked if she wanted to comment on her professor mother Celia Appleton&#8217;s ownership of the $1.4 million property in fast-gentrifying Nashville.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weaver appeared to be walking towards a nearby subway station, but then turned back and ran inside her home, which has a &#8216;Free\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-e1a418a0-ebd3-11f0-a550-d7a7619f15a4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/palestine\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Palestine<\/a><\/span>&#8216; poster taped to one of its windows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was subsequently seen peering out the same window with the poster in it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weaver previously tweeted that &#8216;homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy&#8217; and that &#8216;homeownership is racist&#8217; in social media posts that also urged people to &#8216;impoverish the\u00a0<span class=\"mol-style-bold\">white\u00a0<\/span>middle class.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In another\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-65b490f0-ebd1-11f0-a550-d7a7619f15a4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/twitter\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Twitter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0missive from 2018, Weaver wrote: &#8216;There is no such thing as &#8220;good gentrifier,&#8221; only people who are actively working on projects to dismantle white supremacy and capitalism and people who aren&#8217;t.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weaver further called on people to &#8216;seize private property&#8217; and called for the election of communist lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9edd21b1c25e87a4\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105304685-15442191-image-m-55_1767796071286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"536\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Woke New York City Mayoral Aide Cea Weaver burst into tears on Wednesday morning when confronted about her anti-white tweets and hypocrisy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-67e74e815d274f4e\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105304699-15442191-Weaver_sniffed_no_through_tears_when_a_Daily_Mail_reporter_asked-m-47_1767795744900.jpg\" alt=\"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\" width=\"634\" height=\"456\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Weaver sniffed &#8216;no&#8217; 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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mol-fe-related-replace ccox\" data-track-module=\"related-replace\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-articles\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count wocc\">The privileged former Bryn Mawr College student&#8217;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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Tennessee city is America&#8217;s fastest-gentrifying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatRHS\">\n<div data-channel-color=\"news\" data-dataset-id=\"\" data-env=\"production\" data-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-poll-id=\"1218569\" data-poll-hide-image=\"\" data-mol-fe-xpmodule-polls=\"\" data-module-version=\"1.9.1\" data-hide-results=\"\" data-hide-newsletter=\"\" data-show-disclaimer=\"\" data-thanks-for-voting-message=\"\" data-newsletter-prompt-text=\"\" data-newsletter-success-text=\"\" data-sailthru-list-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"poll-share-1218569\" class=\"xp-poll-container_PoW_6Fl2 xp-poll-screen-answers_yUvJCvue news\" data-xp-polls=\"true\" data-testid=\"poll-overlay\" data-track-module=\"mol-fe-xpmodule-polls\" data-parent-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"xp-poll-header_HVVH0VN1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"xp-poll-content_wgg35PHV\">\n<div class=\"xp-poll-bar-container_nz0Eze8I\" data-testid=\"poll-answers\">\n<div class=\"xp-poll-bar_FlHsE93o\">But Weaver gave no indication to her family wealth &#8211; and has now refused to say whether she will ask her mother to give up her private property.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weaver lives in Crown Heights &#8211; a historically black neighborhood whose longtime residents have also been priced out by white newcomers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weaver deleted her X account after her old posts were unearthed by anti-woke campaigner Michelle Tandler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She attempted to distance herself from them yesterday in a statement that said: &#8216;Regretful comments from years ago do not change what has always been clear &#8211;\u00a0 my commitment to making housing affordable and equitable for New York\u2019s renters.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Trump administration said it is aware of Weaver&#8217;s anti-white tweets and warned she faces a federal investigation if any evidence of anti-Caucasian discrimination emerges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4064fa2c28226390\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105278175-15442191-image-a-39_1767795089743.jpg\" alt=\"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\" width=\"634\" height=\"369\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cea Weaver&#8217;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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bfb6c2b3a4d3bca5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105284401-15442191-image-a-41_1767795391871.jpg\" alt=\"Cea Weaver is pictured with New York City's new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who says he is standing by her despite her anti\" width=\"634\" height=\"793\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cea Weaver is pictured with New York City&#8217;s new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who says he is standing by her despite her anti<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2946614513b221a3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105280021-15442191-image-m-43_1767795457493.jpg\" alt=\"Weaver is pictured far left, back row, standing in front of her mother Celia Appleton while attending her brother's wedding\" width=\"634\" height=\"562\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Weaver is pictured far left, back row, standing in front of her mother Celia Appleton while attending her brother&#8217;s wedding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ccb38f1f5377c1fc\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105273829-15442191-image-a-54_1767795822826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"316\" 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mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-89d48bc475b517e1\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105273821-15442191-image-a-52_1767795814412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"259\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6eaa8a1f07667601\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/01\/07\/14\/105273827-15442191-image-a-53_1767795819331.jpg\" alt=\"A selection of Cea Weaver's anti-white tweets emerged after her appointment by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\" width=\"634\" height=\"245\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A selection of Cea Weaver&#8217;s anti-white tweets emerged after her appointment by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Weaver&#8217;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&#8217;s Hillsboro West End neighborhood in July 2012 for $814,000, according to county property records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since then, its value has soared by nearly $600,000 &#8211; a surge in value likely to infuriate Weaver, who has been vocal in her dislike of wealth-building through property ownership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When contacted by the Daily Mail via phone on Tuesday, Weaver said: &#8216;I can&#8217;t talk to you now, but can talk to you later,&#8217; and hung up before a reporter could ask any questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mayor Mamdani swept to victory in a stunning political upset in November 2025 thanks mainly to his vow to tackle the soaring cost of living in New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He vowed to freeze rent on the Big Apple&#8217;s one million rent stabilized homes that house around 2.5 million people, 30 percent of the city&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC mayoral aide Cea Weaver who says whites owning houses is racist bursts into TEARS when asked about her mother&#8217;s $1.4m Craftsman home A\u00a0woke\u00a0aide to\u00a0New York City&#8216;s new socialist mayor burst out crying when confronted over her assertion that it is racist for white people to own homes &#8211; despite her own mother owning a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=114462\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> 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