Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams mercilessly heckled as he tries to pitch Wisconsin town on AI data center: video
They didn’t love his swagger.Former Mayor Eric Adams got heckled and shouted down during a Wisconsin meeting as he tried to pitch locals on an AI data center, a wild video shows.The excruciating video — first reported by Hell Gate — shows the one-term mayor awkwardly introduce himself to the Wisconsin Rapids crowd, with his name met by an avalanche of boos during the Saturday meeting.“You belong in prison!” one attendee shouted, referencing Adams’ controversially dismissed federal corruption case.The cheesehead kerfuffle is the latest post-mayoralty headscratcher from Adams, who opted not to run for a second term in 2025 after a scandal-plagued four years in office.Since leaving Gracie Mansion, Adams became an Albanian citizen and has been the subject of bonkers Chinese AI slop videos and watched his close adviser Frank Carone get hit with a corruption indictment of his own.The flamboyant former mayor has also embarked on a new venture as a “business development consultant,” hocking a portfolio that includes green rebar and fire retardant.He recently bragged to The Real Deal about his portfolio and 80% close rate helping firms sell everything from cleaning services to health monitoring technology.But Adams’ pitchman prowess apparently faltered in Wisconsin, where he spoke on behalf of PNK Group, an industrial engineering and construction company hoping to build a data center on 209 acres along the Wisconsin River.The site was a former paper mill that closed in 2020, taking 900 local jobs with it.PNK reportedly said the project would create 50 to 150 permanent jobs but declined to say who would occupy the building.Locals, however, apparently didn’t cotton to the project — leading to the awkward meeting with Adams.“Whether we like it or not, folks, data centers are going to be here,” Adams told the crowd.Audience members — who seemed puzzled as to Adams’ identity until he named himself — didn’t hold back attacking him.“Get out of he...