FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
House GOP Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement:
“Commie Mamdani said the quiet part out loud: he knows the Worst Governor in America Kathy Hochul bent the knee to partner with him to implement his Communist agenda. In his own words, Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of jihadist terrorist sympathizer Commie Mamdani ‘paves the way’ for him to implement his dangerous tax hiking that will destroy New York City. Hochul officially owns everything Commie Mamdani stands for.
In an appearance on the FLAGRANT podcast with Andrew Schulz, Commie Mamdani admitted Hochul’s endorsement of the jihadist terrorist sympathizer paves the way for his agenda:
Schulz: A lot of people are making this like, impending war about you and Trump. I think it’s gonna be you and Albany…what you need Albany to essentially allow you to do…how are you gonna convince Hochul?
Commie Mamdani: New York City continues to be a creature of the State. New York City if you have an ambition for the city that matches the scale of the crisis you have to have an Albany agenda. So when de Blasio wanted to deliver a universal pre-k he knew he would have to go to Albany to get that money he actually overcame the objections of then Governor Andrew Cuomo to get that money to make this a reality now it is one of the best examples of government actually meeting the needs of working people and so when we talk about raising revenue you know raising taxes on the top 1% by 2% the top corporate tax to match that of New Jersey that’s something we will do in Albany and that’s partially why the endorsements of…Governor Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Hastry, you know Majority leader of the State, Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins these are endorsements not just of me but of the agenda. Because in Albany it’s often spoken about as three men in a room now it’s two women and a man right who are in that room and to have the endorsements of all of them huge it’s huge and it paves the way for this agenda.
Schulz: Hochul needs reelection…next year right? I imagine she is thinking ‘okay if I raise taxes like you would want I might lose some of my constituents but she’s also probably thinking ‘if this guy is such a tsunami and I rebuke him I could also lose people.’ Is your strategy, get so much support that Hochul’s political future is dependent on her connectivity to you.
Commie Mamdani: My strategy is to build the political will such that Governor Hochul has a partner in delivering universal child care….
Schulz: Bend the knee? Bend the knee?
Commie Mamdani: (Laughing) Governor Hochul has said she wants to deliver universal childcare. What she’s had in the Mayor we have right now is someone more focused on getting out of jail right then actually I think I think it’s what are you using your political capital for?
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