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Elise Stefanik: “Kathy Hochul is an accidental governor.”

Featuring: Elise Stefanik, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 21

'People Want Common Sense': Stefanik Discusses Saving New York from Kathy Hochul's Failed Policies

Published November 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:08

So this is going to be a discussion. It's going to be a lot of issues discussed this campaign. And the reality is Kathy Hochul is an accidental governor. This is not a strong elected official who's gone through tough primaries. She's accidentally there because Cuomo stepped down and he moved up his do nothing lg. (07:08–07:11)

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Asserts that Kathy Hochul became governor by accident, not through a strong electoral process.

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“Under Kathy Hochul's failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy prices…”
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“Just last week there was a 12 year old girl who was raped in Brooklyn by a repeat violent offender who was let out because of failed bail…”
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“We also are unsafe. If you look at failed bail reform and this revolving door of violent criminals being released on our streets, it's…”
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“Kathy Hochul is going to lose western New York while she squeaked by Erie County in 2022, she will lose her home county just like we just…”
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“She [Kathy Hochul] did this previously with tax issues where she said, oh, I'm not going to raise taxes. What did she do after the election?…”
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“She [Kathy Hochul] owns the affordability crisis, she owns the crime crisis.”
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“Among registered Democrats, she [Kathy Hochul] can't break 50%.”
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“After Hochul endorsed Mamdani, first he refused to counter endorse her, so that says a lot.”
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“People aren't leaving New York because of the weather... They're leaving because of the policy she [Kathy Hochul] is pushing.”
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“Businesses and families who are desperately escaping failed policies in New York State.”
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“We're going to fire her after her only complete term as governor.”
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“Over 70% of the Republican counties on day one, Conservative Party support on day one as well.”
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“Kathy Hochul is facing a primary from her left.”
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“Mamdani barely broke 50%.”
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“Nearly a majority of New York City voters did not want Mamdani and they do not want Kathy Hochul.”
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“This defund the police, pro criminal, abolish private property, which is his [Mamdani's] platform.”
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“We have the highest voter turnout in my district.”
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“This is someone who was a do nothing assemblyman, a backbencher.”
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“This is someone who does not have the capacity, the experience or the team, frankly, to run a city of New York City size and scope.”
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“This is someone who is going to hold Kathy Hochul hostage in the budget negotiations because the socialists are going to demand tax hikes…”
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“One of the positions they put out immediately was seizing private property from small businesses.”
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“Kathy Hochul is just so despised because she's turned her back on where she came from in western New York.”
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“When I say she's the worst governor in America, it's because it's true.”
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“Not only did she not know about these horrific crimes committed against New Yorkers... she also didn't show any empathy.”
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“She is unfit for this job. She is weak. She is not up to this task to save the state and she's only made it worse.”
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