NY-GOV: 'She's Full Of S**t!': Kathy Hochul Trashes Elise Stefanik For Leaning Into Mamdani Attacks

[RandySF]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) didn’t mince her words toward Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Friday after the MAGA Republican continued her spree of Islamophobic attacks against New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Stefanik — who is running for governor and looks to challenge Hochul as she seeks a second full term next year — seemingly distanced herself from Donald Trump after the president praised Mamdani in their Oval Office meeting, one where Trump dismissed Stefanik’s “jihadist” label for the mayor-elect.

“We all want NYC to succeed. But we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one,” wrote Stefanik on X before leaning into an attack she’s repeatedly hurled at Mamdani since his mayoral primary upset in June.

“If he walks like a jihadist If he talks like a jihadist If he campaigns like a jihadist If he supports jihadists, He’s a jihadist. And he’s @KathyHochul ’s jihadist.”



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kathy-hochul-elise-stefanik-zohran-mamdani-attacks_n_692129a2e4b0536e01ad35e8

[DoBW]

1. 9/11

Criminal trump has been bringing terrorists to his rat den -- the Syria prick, then the Saudi freak

[Mz Pip]

2. I don't recal

any Death to America rhetoric coming from Mamdani. WTF is Stefanik taking about?

[Wednesdays]

5. I was about to say...

I don't remember ever seeing him "walking like a jihadist."


But as we've seen with TSF, truth doesn't matter one whit with Repugs, so long as they can get those dog whistles going at full blast.

[EarthAbides]

3. All In With Chris Hayes

Governor Hochul was on Chris Hayes' show when she blurted that out. She apologized briefly and went on to trash Stefanik. It was brilliant to watch and Chris was very amused.

[montanacowboy]

4. Hochul

is Presidential material; tough as nails and smart as a whip.

[La Coliniere]

6. Hochul has surprised me in how she has developed

her political skills since her time as the Erie County Clerk here in Western New York, where she is from. I met her a couple times when she attended a couple fundraisers for various concerns, mostly for local charities, and thought she was very personable but a little rough around the edges. Although I don’t support all of the things she’s done (like more tax payer money going to build a new Bill’s stadium), I appreciate her incredible work ethic and forceful pushback of the continual “bullshit” she has thrown her way. Presidential material? Maybe. Time will tell.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. trump gutted Stefanik's attacks

Link to tweet

[Emile]

8. Follow the money