MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle recently went toe-to-toe with New York Governor Kathy Hochul during a Friday appearance on the network. After Hochul touted her partnership with New York City Mayor Eric Adams in getting guns off the streets, Ruhle interrupted Hochul and emphasized that New Yorkers don’t feel safe.
“Okay, I’m gonna interrupt you then. Here’s the problem. We don’t feel safe. You might be working closely with Mayor Adams; you may have spent a whole lot of money. But I walked into my pharmacy, and everything is on lockdown because of shoplifters. I am not going into the subway. People do not feel safe in this town. So, you may have done these things, but right now, we’re not feeling good. We’re worried we could be San Francisco,” said Ruhle.
Gov. Hochul continued to argue that New York City will never become San Francisco and said shootings and homicides had gone down “dramatically” since 2021. Hochul also told Ruhle that crime is an issue across the country.
“It doesn’t matter what’s happening in other cities or other states. The reason people don’t feel safe in New York is why they are starting to say, can Kathy Hochul be the right governor? Right? It doesn’t really matter what’s happening in Pennsylvania or San Francisco, you need to get New Yorkers’ votes, and safety is a top issue for us,” said Ruhle.
Hochul says she understands voters’ concerns
Hochul said she understood the concerns and took the subway that morning. “I understand the sense of anxiety. And that’s why a part of it is getting people who are severely ill out of the subways. Because you don’t know if they’re gonna have an episode. Something happens; they push somebody. That’s the fear of the unknown. We have to get them out of there; we’re doing it right now. Cameras, when you’re on the subway, the perpetrators now know they’re being watched; there’s a record of it. That’s going to start having a return effect,” said Hochul.
The governor previously suggested voter concerns about safety and crime in certain states were part of a larger Republican “consipiracy.”
“These are master manipulators,” said Hochul, referencing Republicans. “They have this conspiracy going all across America trying to convince people that in Democratic states that they’re not as safe. Well, guess what? They’re also not only election deniers, they’re data deniers,” said Hochul. She also said Democratic states and cities were “safer.”
Hochul’s Republican opponent, Lee Zeldin, has made crime the central focus of his gubernatorial campaign. He tweeted a picture on the front page of the New York Post, which showed a homeless man who had 25 prior arrests and has been accused of raping a jogger in New York City’s West Village. Zeldin tweeted to “vote like your life depends on it.”
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle Clashes with Gov. Kathy Hochul over Crime in New York: ‘We Don’t Feel Safe’
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle recently went toe-to-toe with New York Governor Kathy Hochul during a Friday appearance on the network. After Hochul touted her partnership with New York City Mayor Eric Adams in getting guns off the streets, Ruhle interrupted Hochul and emphasized that New Yorkers don’t feel safe.
“Okay, I’m gonna interrupt you then. Here’s the problem. We don’t feel safe. You might be working closely with Mayor Adams; you may have spent a whole lot of money. But I walked into my pharmacy, and everything is on lockdown because of shoplifters. I am not going into the subway. People do not feel safe in this town. So, you may have done these things, but right now, we’re not feeling good. We’re worried we could be San Francisco,” said Ruhle.
Gov. Hochul continued to argue that New York City will never become San Francisco and said shootings and homicides had gone down “dramatically” since 2021. Hochul also told Ruhle that crime is an issue across the country.
“It doesn’t matter what’s happening in other cities or other states. The reason people don’t feel safe in New York is why they are starting to say, can Kathy Hochul be the right governor? Right? It doesn’t really matter what’s happening in Pennsylvania or San Francisco, you need to get New Yorkers’ votes, and safety is a top issue for us,” said Ruhle.
Hochul says she understands voters’ concerns
Hochul said she understood the concerns and took the subway that morning. “I understand the sense of anxiety. And that’s why a part of it is getting people who are severely ill out of the subways. Because you don’t know if they’re gonna have an episode. Something happens; they push somebody. That’s the fear of the unknown. We have to get them out of there; we’re doing it right now. Cameras, when you’re on the subway, the perpetrators now know they’re being watched; there’s a record of it. That’s going to start having a return effect,” said Hochul.
The governor previously suggested voter concerns about safety and crime in certain states were part of a larger Republican “consipiracy.”
“These are master manipulators,” said Hochul, referencing Republicans. “They have this conspiracy going all across America trying to convince people that in Democratic states that they’re not as safe. Well, guess what? They’re also not only election deniers, they’re data deniers,” said Hochul. She also said Democratic states and cities were “safer.”
Hochul’s Republican opponent, Lee Zeldin, has made crime the central focus of his gubernatorial campaign. He tweeted a picture on the front page of the New York Post, which showed a homeless man who had 25 prior arrests and has been accused of raping a jogger in New York City’s West Village. Zeldin tweeted to “vote like your life depends on it.”
