Gov. Kathy Hochul has offered an explanation for the awkward moment she was drowned out by �Tax the rich!� chants at a rally for socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani � and it�s one for the highlight reel.
�I thought they were saying �Let�s go Bills,�� Hochul told reporters Monday, when asked about the jeers that echoed through Forest Hills Stadium during Sunday�s �New York Is Not for Sale� rally � an event headlined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
�I wasn�t sure,� Hochul added. �I heard some noise, I heard a lot of cheers. But later on it became clear to me. I know there is a passion for that.�
The remark � delivered with a straight face � instantly ricocheted across Albany and social media, where critics accused the governor of pretending not to notice a very pointed protest against her centrist record. �Let�s go Bills� quickly began trending on X, used sarcastically alongside videos of progressive activists shouting the three-word slogan that Hochul somehow mistook for a football chant.
The episode underscored Hochul�s increasingly awkward position inside her own party. The Democratic governor has endorsed Mamdani � a self-described democratic socialist running to her left � even while openly worrying about his �tax-the-rich� platform and calls for sweeping new levies on the city�s top earners.
Her appearance at Sunday�s rally, meant to project unity, instead became a snapshot of the widening ideological gulf between the state�s establishment Democrats and the ascendant progressive bloc led by Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders.
�Tax the rich!� was not just a chant � it was a policy line from the very candidate Hochul had come to back.
Still, the governor tried to spin the moment as a positive sign of Democratic enthusiasm. �I love the energy out there � I told them that,� she said. �What I want to do is bottle all that up and use it in a few days.�
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Let’s Go Brandon- Let’s Go Bills – Gezeira Shava
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Gov. Kathy Hochul�s decision to fork over taxpayer money to build a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills drew renewed scorn � after the NFL team�s billionaire owners sold a minority stake for a massive profit, The Post has learned.
Hochul, a Buffalo native, had agreed in 2022 to provide $600 million in state funding � with Erie Country tossing in an additional $250 million � for the privately owned stadium after Bills owner Terry Pegula threatened to leave western New York.
The new 62,000-seat Highmark Stadium, expected to open in 2026, played a significant role in inflating the value of the Bills by more than $2 billion � yet the state will not get any significant return on its investment, critics of the so-called Buffalo boondoggle claimed.
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I thought the same! Hahaha!!
Remember this post!!! When it�s time for reelection and all the powerful hypocrites. The rabonim!! Community leaders will all endorse her. It�s time that our community have some real trust in hashem and support the person based in principles not the money which doesn�t flow down to the average person.