Kathy Hochul and Tish James disregard voter sentiment as Trump turns New York red.
Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election saw a seismic shift in New York’s own political terrain, with support for Trump up nearly universally across the Empire State and massive gains in Gotham itself.
And already New York’s progressive overlords have announced (via a very public temper tantrum) that they nonetheless plan to treat Trump as the enemy.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has formed an “Empire State Freedom Initiative” to battle the “policy and regulatory threats” allegedly incoming when Trump takes office and promises: “You try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way.”
And Attorney General Tish James says she will “work each and every day to defend Americans, no matter what this new administration throws at us. We are ready to fight back again.”
They made these announcements in a bizarre press conference Wednesday.
To which we can only say: Huh?
Trump is the pro-freedom candidate. On energy, speech, regulation and everything else.
And where exactly is this dynamic duo planning to “fight back” here?
On abortion, which Trump has been pellucidly clear he’s in favor of letting individual states legislate?
On immigration, over which he as chief executive will have huge policy authority no matter what states do?
It’s as internally incoherent as it is politically moronic.
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