As Twitchy told you yesterday, members of the BuzzFeed News Union got the brush-off from BuzzFeed execs who didn’t seem all that interested in recognizing their union.

Well, today, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is inserting himself into the controversy — whether BuzzFeed likes it or not:

Memo to @BuzzFeedNews: New York City is a union town. You didn't just snub @bfnewsunion yesterday, you insulted all working New Yorkers. To the union: This city stands with you.

To the management: Come. To. The. Table. — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 4, 2019

Memo to Bill de Blasio: You’re a thug. Thanks for reminding us.

Why are you sticking your nose in this? — commonsense (@commonsense258) April 4, 2019

Why don’t you stay out of it — Andrew Marvell (@JAlfredPrufro13) April 4, 2019

Mind your own business. — BB 614 (@BryantNelson66) April 4, 2019

How about you stay out of private disputes? This isn't Nicaragua. https://t.co/1817938LnO — Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) April 4, 2019

Where does DeBlasio get off intervening in private workplace disputes, let alone in a threatening manner? https://t.co/xJCKJKMewS — Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 4, 2019

Also:

Look at this blatant attack on a free and fair press. This undermines the fee speech institutions that safeguard our republic. This is dangerous and Democracy died a little today. https://t.co/gGwF8pkLIc — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 4, 2019

murders a groundhog and then has the audacity to attack our democracy https://t.co/VO5kQgFoxK — siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) April 4, 2019

Some mayor.

Is this what you do instead of your job? — Alex Zelinski (@A_Zelinski) April 4, 2019

wth is wrong with you? — just alan (@anythingbutdem) April 4, 2019

For what it’s worth, BuzzFeed doesn’t seem persuaded by de Blasio’s threats:

BuzzFeed spox responds: "This process is not going to benefit from the involvement of a deeply unpopular mayor who has expressed an open disdain for journalists during his time in office."https://t.co/e9NfZwVEWn https://t.co/1yiwaO87Lf — Max Tani (@maxwelltani) April 4, 2019

Oh, snap!

WTF I LOVE BUZZFEED NOW https://t.co/pw7d7BYhPI — Kebeh Nayyeh (@KNayyeh) April 4, 2019

Seriously, good on them. Bill de Blasio is begging to be taken down a notch or ten. With any luck, this’ll take him down an eleventh: