Elon Musk – Screencap of Twitter/X video.

As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, Zohran Mamdani has appointed a former chief of emergency medical services named Lillian Bonsignore to serve as commissioner of the New York City Fire Department.

She has no experience as a firefighter, but the media and other various leftists are hailing her as a choice because she is a lesbian. She will be the city’s first LGBT commissioner of the NYFD and that’s all they really care about.

This is diversity hiring at its finest.

Elon Musk has spoken out about this, rather bluntly.

FOX News reports:

Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ over Mamdani’s FDNY commissioner pick, Lillian Bonsignore

Elon Musk on Friday slammed incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for selecting a woman without operational firefighting experience as the head of the Fire Department of the City of New York City (FDNY).

“People will die because of this,” the billionaire provocateur, who served in President Donald Trump’s administration, wrote on X. “Proven experience matters when lives are at stake.”

Mamdani, who will take office Jan. 1, appointed Lillian Bonsignore, a 31-year FDNY veteran who led EMS Operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, as FDNY commissioner this week…

“The first woman to achieve a 4-star rank in FDNY history, she’s joining us as the FDNY Commissioner to bring her crisis leadership and operational expertise to this administration,” Mamdani wrote on X Tuesday.

Bonsignore will be only the second woman to hold the position and the first openly gay person in the role.

Here’s the tweet:

Just listen to the enthusiasm in the voice of the reporter in this video:

People are having flashbacks to the Los Angeles fires almost a year ago and the woman who was in charge at the time.

When it comes to identity politics, the left simply refuses to let go. They care far more about ‘firsts’ than they do about qualifications and Musk is right. It’s dangerous.

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