Kathy Hochul: ‘Bullies in Texas Are Not Going to Intimidate Us, Now or Ever’

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HOCHUL: “And the effect of that on New York, why I’m involved with this, if they stack it so it’s almost impossible for Hakeem Jeffries to be speaker at any time in the near future, certainly during the Trump Administration, then I have to deal with the onslaught of attacks on my residents, the loss of health care for millions, children starving because they don’t have the SNAP benefits, and seeing the ICE raids with unfettered power, walking into our courthouses and our buildings and our schools wearing masks and blaring guns. There’s no way to stop this if we don’t find a way to have some checks and balance in Washington, because we do not have it now. And if we don’t stand up and fight, we will not have it for the entirety of Donald Trump’s tenure. And that is what is so frightening to me. You know what? I’m a New Yorker. I’m from Buffalo. Fighting is second nature to us. I’m not afraid of this. That’s why I said bring it on. Because Texas, bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us now or ever.”