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Elise Stefanik: “Over 70% of the Republican counties on day one, Conservative…”

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 09:56

So we're getting a lot of support, as you saw when we announced, which I know you were very excited about, as were others. Over 70% of the Republican counties on day one, Conservative Party support on day one as well. County executives across the state. This is moving. We will not have a primary. And Kathy Hochul is facing a primary from her left. Her own hand picked Lieutenant governor who she selected. (09:56–10:03)

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Asserts that over 70% of Republican counties and the Conservative Party supported her campaign on the first day.

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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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“Kathy Hochul is an accidental governor.”
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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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“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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“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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