Gov. Hochul: I Reject the ‘Republican Narrative’ that Democrats Are Soft on Crime

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HOCHUL: “I will say that Democrats like myself have always said we’re against crime. I mean, how — who is for crime? Let’s be serious about this. We are the ones that are out there working against hate crimes and domestic violence and retail theft. I just passed a historic budget with serious laws to protect New Yorkers from retail theft, shutting down illegal cannabis shops. So, this whole Republican narrative that Democrats are not, you know, as hard as we need to be on public safety is just false and no one should be buying it. So I reject that premise. We are out there making sure that our number one priority will continue to be public safety, job number one for all of us.”