ICYMI: Stefanik Slammed Kathy Hochul on Fox & Friends for Endorsing Communist Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor

Saratoga, N.Y. - In case you missed it, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined Fox News' Fox & Friends to rip Gov. Kathy Hochul for endorsing communist Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor.

Kathy Hochul is the worst governor in America, and it was only a matter of time before she bent the knee for this raging antisemite communist. The reality is Kathy Hochul owns Zohran Mamdani's position to defund the police, to abolish our law enforcement, to abolish prisons, to abolish private health care insurance, to decriminalize sex workers. It is outrageous. She also owns every radical proposal, whether it's raising taxes, whether it's government-run grocery stores and his antisemitism, which puts New York at risk and is a danger to the Jewish community in New York City. Kathy Hochul owns this and the sad thing is that the majority of New York City residents have said they support anyone other than Zohran Mamdani. She is so petrified of her far left that she is bending the knee to this communist. She owns him, lock, stock, and barrel.

...

You're seeing the radical far left take over New York's Democrat Party. Unfortunately, New York leads the nation in the highest taxes. We lead the nation in out migration - people who are leaving. And they're not leaving because of the weather. They're leaving because the policies. This is a failed governor, a failed Attorney General and a failed leading mayoral candidate that the vast majority of New Yorkers oppose. They want common sense. They want to lower taxes. They want a governor who will support our law enforcement. They want strong borders. And Kathy Hochul, at every opportunity, has gone further and further to the left to appease her abysmal polling in her own party. That's the reality. She is having issues with Democrat support or lack thereof, and that's why she is running to the far left. She tries to appease her common-sense middle-of-the-road supporters, look at what she's just done. She has put jet fuel on commie Mamdani, and she owns all of his heinous positions that will make New York less affordable and make New York more dangerous.

On Kathy Hochul's Failing Poll Numbers:

Kathy Hochul is losing independence. There was a poll this summer that showed that we are winning independents. Kathy Hochul is plummeting in her support on Long Island. Sixty percent of voters on Long Island want someone new. Sixty-nine percent of voters in New York want someone new. And the reality is Zohran Mamdani is not above fifty percent even in the New York City Democrat strongholds, because the vast majority of New York City and New York residents do not want communism. They do not want antisemitism. And instead of Kathy Hochul responding to the majority of New Yorkers, she has embraced this communist. She has now embraced communism. She has embraced defunding the police. She has embraced tax hikes. She has embraced government-run grocery stores. She has embraced decriminalizing sex work. This is insane, and it's going to further destroy New York. People are looking for new independent leadership. I've demonstrated that in my district, when I win not only independent voters, but a fair percentage of Democrats. And if you look in 2024, no state moved more to the Republican direction than New York State in support of President Trump, and that support continues to grow every single day. So we're going to work to not only win Republicans, but also win those independents and win Democrats who see that their party is now the party of the far left radical ideology.

###

Permalink: https://stefanik.house.gov/2025/9/icymi-stefanik-slammed-kathy-hochul-on-fox-friends-for-endorsing-communist-zohran-mamdani-for-nyc-mayor