Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Hochul relies on repetition and evasion in debate with Zeldin

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 CBS New York

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul went head-to-head Tuesday night with Republican challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin in their first and only debate before Election Day.

CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer says if you ask her, the tale of the debate on Spectrum News NY1 was summed in one single round when each candidate got to ask the other a question. The gloves were off, each going for what they thought was the other's Achilles' heel.

Hochul said hers was a simple yes or no answer.

"Is Donald Trump a great president?" Hochul asked.

"I worked closely with him on a number of important policies," Zeldin said.

"Yes or no, yes or no," Hochul said.

"And I believe that from our work to combat MS-13 on Long Island, our work to secure a $2 billion electron ion collider for Brookhaven National Lab," Zeldin said.

The Long Island congressmen then embarked on a long list of what he called Trump accomplishments, from moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem to ending the Iran nuclear accords.

"I'll take that as a resounding yes, and the voters of New York do not agree with you," Hochul said.

Zeldin's question to Hochul was also a pointed gotcha, referring to campaign donations from companies doing business with the state, including one who supplied COVID test kits.

"What specific measures are you pledging to deal with the pay-to-play corruption that is plaguing you and your administration?" Zeldin asked.

"I don't accept the premise. There is no pay-to-play corruption," hochul said. "There has never been a quid pro quo, a policy change or decision made because of a contribution ... If you're going to talk about unseemly circumstances, how does one person get away with giving you $10.5 million in your election?"

For the most part, the one and only debate between Hochul and Zeldin revolved around the themes they have sounded on the campaign trail:  Zeldin's, the focus on public safety, bail reform, firing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and ending congestion pricing, and Hochul pointing out that Zeldin does not support abortion rights and is, in her words, an "election denier."

"There is no crime-fighting plan if it doesn't include guns, illegal guns, and you refuse to talk about how we can do so much more. You didn't even show up for votes in Washington when a bipartisan group of enlightened legislators voted for an assault weapon ban," Hochul said.  

"It's amazing that we're going to be able to go through the entire crime conversation of this debate and we're still waiting for Kathy Hochul to talk about actually locking up criminals," Zeldin said. "Kathy Hochul believes that the only crimes that are being committed are these crimes with guns, and you got people who are afraid of being pushed in front of oncoming subway cars. They're being stabbed, beaten to death on the street with hammers ... We need to be talking about all of these other crimes, but instead, Kathy Hochul is too busy patting herself on the back, job well done."

Believe it or not, the two actually agreed on one thing:  both think the cap on charter schools should be lifted.

Early voting starts Saturday. Election Day is Nov. 8.

 

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep, still waiting for Dems to lock up TrumpTurd and his enabler’s.

Anonymous said...

​Legend of Zeldin

Anonymous said...

Give Them Zel!

Anonymous said...

@Yep, still waiting for Dems to lock up TrumpTurd and his enabler’s.

You are waiting for the gallows moron.
TA globalist bolshevik.

Anonymous said...

Horseface hochul could eat an apple thru a picket fence... Prove me wrong!

Anonymous said...

Yep, still waiting for Dems to lock up TrumpTurd and his enabler’s.

Yep, still waiting for the Republicans to lock up biden in a nursing home.

Anonymous said...

Even Cosmo Kramer would be a better Governor than that TrumpTurd she’s running against.

Anonymous said...

Yep, still waiting for Dems to lock up TrumpTurd and his enabler’s.

TA commie infected with Donkeypox.
Frauduci wil get your vaccine, until then is isolation in mommy's basement.

Anonymous said...

She didt't humiliate us, we the Sheeple in NY humiliate ourselves by voting Blue No Matter Who...this debate just points it out.

Anonymous said...

DemoRat Lap Dogs !

Anonymous said...

How long will Democratic voters continue to allow themselves to be treated like fools ?

https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/how-long-will-democratic-voters-continue-to-allow-themselves-to-be-treated-like-fools/

Anonymous said...

Zeldin “DAs that let violent criminals out on the street to roam free . . . This governor still has not talked about locking people up committing any crimes.”

Clown Hochul’s response: “I don’t know why that’s so important to you.”

Anonymous said...

Clown Hochul’s response: “I don’t know why that’s so important to you.”

The shapeshifter biorobot does not understand why.
Time for a booster....err update.

Anonymous said...

@"How long will Democratic voters continue to allow themselves to be treated like fools ?"

As long as they are running against Trumpanzees who want to bring us back to the 16th Century.

Anonymous said...

"Yep, still waiting for Dems to lock up TrumpTurd and his enabler’s."

His enabler's what? Do you know the difference between possessive and plural? Guess not. Must be a NYC public school graduate - "victim" of social promotion.

Joe said...

It was rigged by WNYC and the Dolen (his buddy is George Soros) mob for Hotchel
This was advertised oin every TV and radio station, only to find out 7PM (which was way to early for most working class to hear, they aint even home yet.
Only SUPRISE, WNYC out of the NYC Municipal building (all liberals BTW) had it locked out of every broadcast.
WNYC didnt even make a public stream available, you had to be a member of WNYC or a Spectrum customer. Who is spectrum? Guess who = the Dolen mob under a different name so they can pretend they are a monopoly !
Spectrum fired more union linemen, net designers and techs then any company in the country ...Hotchel you stupid bitch !!
I was able to find an FM tap from out east on Long Island.
Zeldon should have never agreed to this, I also think this public access lockout should have been illegal. Zeldons answer on Trump as president should have been: "Given what we have now yell yes" "Mickey Mouse would be a better option then what we have now"
(Thats what I would have said)

Anyway all this bitch dodge answers, steer narrative to talk about rezoning things to crate jobs, some 1/2 billion dollar stadium for assholes to sit and watch Buffalo Bill.
1/2 billion dollars for a handful of people to sit on ass and watch Buffalo Bills in some artic shithole by the Canadian border?

Anonymous said...

@“ The shapeshifter biorobot does not understand why”

?? What’s this ? Something from a Star Trek episode?

Anonymous said...

TDS on steroids
"Yep, still waiting for Dems to lock up TrumpTurd and his enabler’s"

Anonymous said...

@“ Horseface hochul could eat an apple thru a picket fence... Prove me wrong!”
Thank you Pig Face.

Anonymous said...

@“ Legend of Zeldin”
TrumpTurd of Zeldin is more like it.

Anonymous said...

If you believe in our Republic and firmly believe that America should stay sovereign than vote Republican

Anonymous said...

Hochul is as disingenuous as they come. This state is doomed if she wins. Hopeful for a strong Zeldin victory!

Anonymous said...

@ What’s this ? Something from a Star Trek episode?

Sounds like Halloween at your place TA commie.

Very good.

Anonymous said...

@TDS on steroids

Nah, heshe is just mentally disturbed. Pushing propaganda to the point that heshe creates hisher own reality.

Anonymous said...

As long as they are running against Trumpanzees who want to bring us back to the 16th Century.

You can blow the Trumpanzees. All of them.

Democratic Staffer Fired After Covertly Working With Chinese Embassy

https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/28/democratic-staffer-fired-chinese-embassy-don-beyer/

Yep, communists, bolsheviks, Nazis, various racketeers.

16th Century? You mofos are back into the caves.

Helen said...

Upstaters like Hochul are clueless when it comes to NYC . Let that Buffalo team pay for their own stadium.
She could have investigated all the nursing home COVID deaths under Cuomo and the lockdowns which crippled the City and State .Two years of the electeds determining which jobs were essential and which weren't. And forcing citizens to wear masks and get experimental shots when the "vaccine" became available.
Cuomo even decided which treatments were "legal" for a doctor to prescribe. Hochul's only a continuation of Cuomo's policies complete with no-bid contracts like the COVID tests (our taxes paid twice as much as California taxpayers did for the same tests) and other Pay to Play deals. Plus take a look at what the lockdowns did to the poor children's test scores alone. ( Yet the teachers'unions are looking for even more "Holidays")

Am voting for Zeldin because he cares more about the issues affecting New Yorkers than the Democratic Party does .

Anonymous said...

@Helen

True that. They only interested in their local rackets and corruption.

Anonymous said...

@TrumpTurd of Zeldin is more like it.

Don't knock your favorite biscuit, get a new writer or an update, TA commie.

Anonymous said...

@Helen
What Covid virus? It was all fake? Nobody died in any nursing homes. That was just the deep state making up stories.
Take a hike Ya commie sympathizer!

Anonymous said...

@“ Do you know the difference between possessive and plural? Guess not.”

Who cares, you nit picking fascist!