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Joe Lhota turns up the heat on Bill de Blasio

Republican mayoral contender Joe Lhota continued to pound away at his Democratic opponent Bill de B🐲lasio as the race’s only “🌄soulless” candidate Saturday.

“He changed his positio꧅n in the same sentence,” Lhoꦚta said, referring to de Blasio’s stance on a court-ordered monitor for the NYPD. “To me, that’s soul-less.”

Lhota —𓄧 who appeared at the German-American Steuben Parade on the Upper East Side and an Oktoberfest event in Central Park yesterday — also groused about thಌe media’s coverage of the fund-raising gap between he and de Blasio and said he’s well on his way to meeting his goals.

“I have large fund-raising events scheduled,” he said. “Including a fund-🐟rཧaising event for my birthday.”

Lhota🥃 questione☂d de Blasio’s absence at the events.

“I have marched in every ethnic parade,” he said. “One of the things that I love about New York is the 💞diversity. We are all American, but people understand their heritage.✃ “

De Blasio had no public schedule for Saturday and could n🅠ot be reached for comment.