Kathy Hochul is at it again—flip-flopping faster than a New York minute. Just a few weeks ago, the Democratic governor assured reporters she wasn’t planning to be part of the anti-Trump “resistance.” Now, she’s not only embracing it, but she’s claiming she’ll be leading the charge. That didn’t take long.
Hochul, whose approval ratings are circling the drain, made her latest grandstanding remarks in an interview with NPR’s Morning Edition. She vowed to “fight back hard” against Trump’s decision to block New York City’s deeply unpopular congestion pricing toll—a blatant cash grab that would force everyday New Yorkers to fork over $9 just to drive into Manhattan. It’s a tax on working people, pure and simple, and Trump wisely put the brakes on it.
But Hochul, never one to miss an opportunity for a political stunt, now claims Trump’s move is “drawing first blood” and that she’s ready to “come back hard.” Where was all this tough talk when New York’s crime rate was skyrocketing? When illegal migrants were overwhelming city shelters? When businesses were fleeing the state in record numbers? Hochul was nowhere to be found. But the moment Trump blocks her newest tax scheme, she suddenly transforms into the leader of the anti-Trump resistance.
It’s a stunning reversal from just two weeks ago, when she told reporters: “I’ve been asked countless [times] ‘are you leading the resistance?’ – No, I’m governing the great state of New York.” That lasted about as long as a Yankees winning streak. Now, she’s pitching herself as the Democrats’ new firewall against Trump and his America First agenda, vowing to stop Republicans from cutting bloated social programs and reversing the progressive policies that have wrecked New York.
Here’s the truth: Hochul isn’t “leading the resistance”—she’s leading New York into ruin. She’s trying to deflect from her disastrous record with empty rhetoric about Trump while New Yorkers suffer under her leadership. Crime, taxes, and an out-of-control migrant crisis have made life unbearable in the Empire State, and the last thing voters need is more political theater. But Hochul isn’t interested in fixing New York—she’s just looking for a new villain to blame for her failures.
