{"id":19499,"date":"2025-11-23T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/sb-gov-hochul-just-crushed-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-fantasy-saying-theres-no-chance\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:50:57","slug":"sb-gov-hochul-just-crushed-zohran-mamdanis-socialist-fantasy-saying-theres-no-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/?p=19499","title":{"rendered":"SB. Gov. Hochul just CRUSHED Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist fantasy saying there\u2019s \u201cNO CHANCE\u201d !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York Governor\u00a0Kathy Hochul<\/strong>\u00a0delivered a sharp rebuke to newly elected Mayor\u00a0Zohran Mamdani\u2019s<\/strong> economic platform on Tuesday, signaling a major rift within the state\u2019s Democratic ranks. In remarks that drew wide attention, Hochul dismissed the possibility of raising taxes to fund Mamdani\u2019s expansive social agenda, effectively halting key parts of his \u201ctax-and-spend\u201d proposals before they could gain traction.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a press conference in Albany, Hochul made her position unmistakably clear. \u201cI\u2019m the one putting money back in people\u2019s pockets,\u201d she said. \u201cI won\u2019t raise taxes. I know how to govern, and I know how to do this.\u201d Her comments come as Mamdani begins his term as New York City\u2019s first openly socialist mayor, after campaigning on a promise to expand public services and social programs through new taxes on high-income earners and corporations.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s statement represents a significant political obstacle for Mamdani, whose proposed policies rely heavily on state-level cooperation and funding approvals. While the new mayor has championed measures such as universal childcare, expanded public housing, and free public transit, Hochul\u2019s categorical rejection of new tax hikes could severely limit his ability to finance such initiatives.<\/p>\n

Political analysts immediately described Hochul\u2019s remarks as a strategic move to assert fiscal authority and distance her administration from the more progressive elements of the party. In recent months, the governor has positioned herself as a moderate Democrat focused on economic stability, job growth, and cost-of-living relief \u2014 priorities she believes resonate with a broader base of voters across New York State.<\/p>\n

The tension between Hochul and Mamdani highlights the ideological divide currently shaping Democratic politics, particularly in New York. Mamdani, who represents a younger, activist wing of the party, argues that aggressive public investment is necessary to address inequality, housing shortages, and climate change. Hochul, by contrast, has cautioned against policies she views as fiscally unsustainable or politically polarizing.<\/p>\n

For the governor, the issue is not only economic but symbolic \u2014 a statement about pragmatic governance in an era of rising populism on both the left and right. \u201cWe can help people without breaking the bank,\u201d one Hochul aide told reporters after her comments drew national attention. \u201cThe governor believes in affordability, not ideology.\u201d That message, insiders say, is likely to guide her approach to the city\u2019s new leadership in the months ahead.<\/p>\n

As Mamdani\u2019s administration gets underway, the clash between the state\u2019s progressive and centrist wings may define the next chapter of New York politics. Supporters of the mayor see an opportunity to push long-delayed reforms; skeptics warn that his ambitions could run aground against fiscal and political limits. For now, Hochul\u2019s words have sent a clear signal: when it comes to the balance between vision and realism, the governor intends to draw the line herself.<\/p>\n

The federal government partially shut down at midnight Wednesday, hours after all but three Senate Democrats voted down a short-term funding bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The shutdown is the first since December 2018, which saw non-essential government operations cease and tens of thousands of federal employees furloughed or forced to work without pay for 35 days until lawmakers agreed on a stopgap funding measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought notified federal department and agency heads shortly after Tuesday\u2019s failed Senate vote to keep the government funded to begin preparations for a shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201c[A]ffected agencies should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown.\u201d Vought wrote in a memo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A House-passed bill \u2013 backed by virtually all Senate Republicans and President Trump \u2013 to keep the government open with funding at current levels until Nov. 21 failed to clear the 60-vote legislative filibuster in the upper chamber by five votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In his memo, Vought noted that it\u2019s \u201cunclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democratic congressional leadership refused to support the GOP measure unless provisions extending pandemic-era healthcare insurance subsidies and reinstating billions of dollars in funding for foreign aid and other programs cut by Trump were included.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Senate adjourned shortly after the failed vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with President Trump on Monday.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said lawmakers would try again Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am hoping there are enough reasonable Democrats over there,\u201d Thune said during an appearance on Fox News. \u201cWe picked up 3 tonight \u2026 we\u2019re going to vote on it again tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, we\u2019re going to pick up some more and eventually, we\u2019ll get enough to pass this thing and keep the government open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thune told \u201cJesse Watters Primetime\u201d that he expects Senate Democrats \u201care going to start cracking because they realize this is a losing hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

A New York Times\/Siena poll found that 65% of registered voters opposed a government shutdown \u201ceven if [Democrats\u2019] demands are not met.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among registered Democrats, 43% were against shutting down the government even if the party is unable to win any concessions from Republicans.<\/p>\n

Fifty-nine percent of independent voters also opposed a shutdown under any circumstances, as well as 92% of Republicans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n

Trump, who met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Monday to discuss the looming shutdown, posted several photographs of the meeting on Truth Social as the clock ticked after the failed vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The images show the Democratic leaders in the Oval Office, with a couple of \u201cTrump 2028\u201d hats sitting in front of them on Trump\u2019s desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president also posted another mocking, digitally-altered video clip of Jeffries wearing a sombrero, as a mariachi band of Trumps serenaded the Brooklyn Democrat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump and Republicans have accused Democrats of wanting to include \u201cfree health care for illegal aliens\u201d in legislation to keep the government open, a claim Democratic leaders have denied.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier Tuesday, the president also teased \u201cirreversible\u201d actions that could be taken, including federal employee layoffs, when the government is shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,\u201d Trump told reporters, referring to Democrats.<\/p>\n

Vought instructed federal agencies last week to prepare to permanently dismiss employees in non-essential roles if there\u2019s a shutdown.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the White House website put up a countdown clock, declaring \u201cDemocrat shutdown is imminent\u201d as midnight approached.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A video loop of \u201cDemocrats in their own words\u201d describing the negative effects of government shutdowns was also posted on all the White House\u2019s social media accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that 13 times, when [ Schumer] was the majority leader, we passed short-term continuing resolutions \u2014 13 times \u2014 and the Republicans delivered the vote for it,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box\u201d Tuesday morning. \u201cThis is a routine thing. This is not unusual.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s White House put a clock on it\u2019s website declaring \u201cDemocrat shutdown is imminent.\u201d
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Schumer predicted that Trump and Republicans would face \u201ctremendous\u201d pressure to agree to Democratic demands and \u00a0reopen the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s right now in the Republicans\u2019 court,\u201d the Senate minority leader said at a press conference. \u201cWe\u2019ve said this to Trump yesterday. He can easily call up Thune and Johnson and say, \u2018Just add the two parts [Democrats] want added to the bill.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people are learning how bad this healthcare crisis is and they will put tremendous heat on Republicans to solve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans counter that by voting against the short-term spending bill, it is Democrats that are imperiling benefit programs and potentially public safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cTroops won\u2019t be paid. TSA agents won\u2019t be paid. The WIC program \u2014 the Women Infants and Children Nutrition program \u2014 and other food services will be delayed,\u201d House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on CNBC. \u201cFEMA services won\u2019t be provided. We have two hurricanes off the coast of the United States right now. I mean, we\u2019re in the middle of hurricane season. This is serious stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of Congress, political appointees in the Trump administration and all essential congressional and federal employees \u2014 including postal carriers, air traffic controllers and others \u2014 would all be paid to work during a shutdown.<\/p>\n

Federal benefits \u2014 including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, will continue to be distributed, along with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program providing food stamps.<\/p>\n

US military service members, non-essential federal employees and White House staff would only be paid retroactively once the shutdown is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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