‘She’s Full Of S**t!’: Kathy Hochul Trashes Elise Stefanik For Leaning Into Mamdani Attacks | EUROtoday

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) didn’t mince her phrases towards Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Friday after the MAGA Republican continued her spree of Islamophobic assaults in opposition to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Stefanik — who’s operating for governor and appears to problem Hochul as she seeks a second full time period subsequent yr — seemingly distanced herself from Donald Trump after the president praised Mamdani of their Oval Office assembly, one the place Trump dismissed Stefanik’s “jihadist” label for the mayor-elect.

“We all want NYC to succeed. But we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one,” wrote Stefanik on X earlier than leaning into an assault she’s repeatedly hurled at Mamdani since his mayoral main upset in June.

“If he walks like a jihadist If he talks like a jihadist If he campaigns like a jihadist If he supports jihadists, He’s a jihadist. And he’s @KathyHochul ’s jihadist.”

Hochul — who declined to endorse Mamdani for months earlier than finally doing so in September, when she wrote that she’s in search of the following mayor to not “surrender” to Trump — hit again at Stefanik in a reside interview on MS NOW.

“She’s full of shit,” Hochul instructed host Chris Hayes earlier than swiftly checking herself. “I’m sorry. I mean she really is.”

Hochul harassed that Stefanik is taking “such an extreme position.”

“She’s even more extreme than Donald Trump. I didn’t think that was possible but she’s succeeded in proving that today,” she mentioned. “She’s out-MAGA’d Donald Trump, the founder of the MAGA movement.”

Hochul sarcastically added that she hopes Stefanik is “proud of herself” for “continuing to spew hateful thoughts and deeds” in addition to making an attempt to unfold extra violent, political rhetoric.

“I think it’s disgusting, it’s abhorrent, but that’s who she is and people are seeing this and even the president realized that’s even too far for him.”