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RandySF

(80,327 posts)
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 04:40 PM Nov 22

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

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

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NY-GOV: 'She's Full Of S**t!': Kathy Hochul Trashes Elise Stefanik For Leaning Into Mamdani Attacks (Original Post) RandySF Nov 22 OP
9/11 DoBW Nov 22 #1
I don't recal Mz Pip Nov 22 #2
I was about to say... Wednesdays Nov 22 #5
All In With Chris Hayes EarthAbides Nov 22 #3
Hochul montanacowboy Nov 22 #4
Hochul has surprised me in how she has developed La Coliniere Nov 22 #6
trump gutted Stefanik's attacks LetMyPeopleVote Nov 23 #7
Follow the money Emile Nov 23 #8

DoBW

(2,961 posts)
1. 9/11
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 04:45 PM
Nov 22

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

Mz Pip

(28,315 posts)
2. I don't recal
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 04:57 PM
Nov 22

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

Wednesdays

(21,491 posts)
5. I was about to say...
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 05:08 PM
Nov 22

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

(411 posts)
3. All In With Chris Hayes
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 04:58 PM
Nov 22

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.

La Coliniere

(1,693 posts)
6. Hochul has surprised me in how she has developed
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 05:28 PM
Nov 22

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.

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