EXCERPT:
DE BLASIO: “Finally, in the midst of all this deeply troubling news, some good news. I want to thank all the leaders of the media and all the reporters who chose not to keep giving Donald Trump a platform in recent weeks, who cut him off or didn't even bother to show his attempts to undermine democracy, and obviously to the folks at the social media companies who deprived him of his social media platform. This is a profound moment when the folks we depend on to protect the freedom of information actually stand up and say, 'We're not going to aid and abet someone who's trying to destroy American democracy.' Talk about the emperor has no clothes or that scene from the Wizard of Oz, 'Don't look behind the curtain,' the minute Donald Trump was deprived of Twitter, he suddenly did not have the same power, the same voice. He didn't have that supersized ability to undermine democracy. I want to thank leaders of the media, leaders of the social media companies, for do. You did something very important."