MUST WATCH…Why are Dems in trouble in NY Gov? This attitude toward crime and safety
Zeldin: She still hasn't talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes
Hochul: Anyone who commits a crime under our laws…has consequences…I don't know why that's so important to you pic.twitter.com/uO3Vkf83OC
— Jesse Hunt (@JJHunt10) October 25, 2022
There were some really bad debates tonight. And while Gov. Hochul took a back seat to Lt. Gov. Fetterman, she didn’t have a stroke, the New York boss just showed why she’s so tone deaf and unpopular.
Gov. Hochul kept trying to talk about gun control, abortion and Trump, instead of addressing the issues New Yorkers actually care about, and Lee Zeldin kept pressing her. Push someone enough in a debate and they may deviate from their memorized talking points and say something monumentally stupid that is bound to haunt them even if they survive the election.
Gov. Kathy Hochul stunningly said she didn’t know why it’s “so important” to lock up criminals when confronted by Republican challenger Lee Zeldin over the state’s controversial bail reform law during their first and only debate Tuesday night.
Zeldin, who’s pledged to declare a crime emergency and suspend cashless bail if elected, brought up the issue midway through the televised face-off.
“My opponent thinks that right now there’s a polio emergency going on but there’s not a crime emergency — different priorities than I’m hearing from people right now,” the outgoing congressman from Long Island said.
“They’re not being represented from this governor — who still, to this moment…hasn’t talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes.”
Hochul responded by saying, “Anyone who commits a crime, under our laws, especially with the changes we made to bail, has consequences.
“I don’t know why that’s so important to you,” the incumbent Democrat added.
That’s gonna launch a whole lot of ads.
While Hochul tried to claim that she walks New York City streets (she doesn’t) and feels the pain of crime victims (she doesn’t), the bottom line is that the crime wave is due to the pro-crime policies of her old predatory boss which she has pledged to carry on. That means no bail and immediate releases for criminals so they can attack people all over again.
Going into this election, Hochul decided to euphemistically change convicts to “incarcerated individuals” and refused to lock up criminals.
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday rejected renewed calls to give judges new powers to keep pre-trial suspects behind bars, delivering a potential setback to a key part of Mayor Eric Adams’ new plan to tackle gun violence.
“I will absolutely stand behind the fundamental premise on why we needed bail reform in the first place.”
All of that’s bad, but “I don’t know why that’s so important to you,” is the kind of out-of-touch bad that destroys a politician’s image and ends political careers.
Steven Brizel says
This remark showed that Hochul is a tool of the progressive left and the defund the police movements
Angel Jacob says
The left needs the thugs and criminals out on the streets, so they can use them to terrorize and intimidate people.
Robert Mugabe with his burning tongue says
After all the idea of the rule of law and a safe society is just white supremacy ……..
Mao ZeDong from his burning grave says
Hochul represents the physical manifestation of the entities mentioned in this verse from Paul the Apostle; “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Jeff Bargholz says
And she’s a clueless dingbat who makes Pelosi look rational.
Spurwing Plover says
Its to keep the American Public safe from the Criminals you Dip-wad let that sink in
ron says
She looks crazy and she is. But, a year of riding the subways back and forth would cure her.
Jeff Bargholz says
It would cure New York too because she wouldn’t make it a year.
Wallace says
One of the two fundamental duties of all governments is to maintain law and order. If they fail to do that they should be removed and replaced by a government that will accomplish that task. Hochul and the left seem to believe that they will have less crime by punishing no crimes. It is astronomically stupid but we are seeing it in may of our major cities
Zelda says
Of course it isn’t important to lock up criminals if you’re a criminal yourself.
Time to bring back the Hillary mantra: “Lock her up”.
truebearing says
I am certified as a fully credentialed psychological aberration detector and it is my professional, and irrefutable, opinion that Hochul is stark raving insane. She’s goofier than a pet coon. She has bats in her belfry. She’s nuttier than a Christmas fruitcake.
(These are professional diagnoses. Please do not attempt to use these unless supervised by a self-appointed expert)
Steve Wenick says
So Hochul is more interested in the welfare of criminals than that of law abiding citizens. Her absurd position of being soft on criminals puts everyone else at risk. Her moral compass lies shattered on the tracks of the New York subway system and the liberal bubble within which she lives is about to burst.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Oh, well, getting serious here, it is to keep them separated from the rest of us, so they can’t do us harm.