NY AG Letitia James says ‘We are prepared to fight back’ in ‘dumb and bizarre’ presser with Gov. Hochul after Trump wins presidency
So much for the honeymoon.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James treated President-elect Donald Trump as the enemy in a divisive post-election press conference Wednesday.
A defiant Hochul announced she formed an “Empire State Freedom Initiative” to prepare to fight “policy and regulatory threats” from the incoming Trump administration.
The Democratic governor said she’s prepared to work with Trump, but spent much of her time talking about readying for political and legal war.
“You try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way,” Hochul told reporters at her Manhattan office.
She spoke of potential spats with Trump over abortion, labor, LGBTQ rights, environmental policy and immigration.
James, meanwhile, said her office had been “preparing” for a potential second Trump administration.
“I am ready to do everything in my power to ensure our state and nation do not go backwards,” she said in a statement. “Together with Governor Hochul, our partners in state and local government, and my colleague attorneys general from throughout the nation, we will work each and every day to defend Americans, no matter what this new administration throws at us. We are ready to fight back again.”
The attorney general’s presence at the press conference was noteworthy and evidence that New York’s top two Democratic leaders are preparing to be on an adversarial, war-look footing with Trump.
James won a $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump after accusing the business mogul of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to get better loan and insurance terms.
Trump has appealed the massive ruling.
“I am not fearful of Donald Trump. I have not been fearful of Donald Trump,” James told reporters when asked about her case against the former and future president. --->READ MORE HERE
Kathy Hochul and Tish James say ‘Screw the voters!’ as Trump makes NY red:
Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election saw a seismic shift in New York’s own political terrain, with support for Trump up nearly universally across the Empire State and massive gains in Gotham itself.
And already New York’s progressive overlords have announced (via a very public temper tantrum) that they nonetheless plan to treat Trump as the enemy.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has formed an “Empire State Freedom Initiative” to battle the “policy and regulatory threats” allegedly incoming when Trump takes office and promises: “You try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way.”
And Attorney General Tish James says she will “work each and every day to defend Americans, no matter what this new administration throws at us. We are ready to fight back again.”
They made these announcements in a bizarre press conference Wednesday.
To which we can only say: Huh?
Trump is the pro-freedom candidate. On energy, speech, regulation and everything else.
And where exactly is this dynamic duo planning to “fight back” here?
On abortion, which Trump has been pellucidly clear he’s in favor of letting individual states legislate?
On immigration, over which he as chief executive will have huge policy authority no matter what states do?
It’s as internally incoherent as it is politically moronic. --->READ MORE HERE
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