FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Saratoga, N.Y. – Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement:

“As I always said, it was only a matter of time before the Worst Governor in America Kathy Hochul would bend the knee to the Communist Antisemite Zohran Mamdani.

At the exact moment when New Yorkers are looking for strong leadership from their Governor with a majority opposing Zohran Mamdani, Kathy Hochul embraces this raging Communist who will destroy New York making it less affordable and more dangerous – once again putting criminals and communists first, and New Yorkers LAST.

Kathy Hochul OWNS every radical position like defunding the police, releasing violent criminals on our streets, closing local small businesses in favor of government grocery stories, massive tax hikes, abolishing border law enforcement, and every heinous pro Hamas antisemitic position.

Kathy Hochul is clearly too scared of her own abysmal polling among Democrat voters that she is desperately shoring up her Far Left Democrat flank, and choosing to destroy New York for hardworking families across our state.

Make no mistake, New Yorkers will fire Kathy Hochul once and for all next November.” 

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