Posted on 09/11/2025 12:38:09 AM PDT by Libloather
Keep your tip-sy to yourself!
Gov. Kathy Hochul is in hot water for telling parishioners at a largely black church not to buy booze with their incoming state “inflation refund” checks — with fellow pols slamming her comments as tone-deaf and “demeaning.”
“It reduces whole communities to harmful stereotypes and strips away the dignity of parents and children alike,” said her estranged Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, who, along with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), blasted Hochul as racially insensitive.
Hochul was speaking about rebate checks — which will be sent to eligible residents starting later this month through November — at True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo Sunday when she made what critics called a harmful, off color remark.
“Checks are coming out soon, watch the mail. Okay? Okay? Don’t spend it all in one day. Get something you really need. Okay? Don’t stop by the liquor store. Buy something for the kids. Buy them some food,” she said, prompting a loud, mixed reaction from the congregation. “Sometimes I have to stop by the liquor store too, I understand it’s alright. It’s alright.”
Delgado — Hochul’s lone major Democratic primary challenger so far in next year’s gubernatorial election — said the powerful pol has a history of leaning into dangerous stereotypes.
“This is not the first time Governor Hochul has demeaned Black communities with her words. Last year, she claimed young Black kids in the Bronx didn’t even know what the word ‘computer’ was. Now, from the pulpit of a predominantly Black church, she warns families not to spend their rebate checks at the liquor store,” he said in a statement.
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She’s just letting her true colors to come shining through. Like all demonicRATS, she’s a racist.
the real problem is she thinks its her business
how people spend their money
And don’t be buyin’ no crack either.
Racist communist dictater.
It’s been a very very hard day... I needed a good laugh and this thread provided one.
When I drove a cab in the 70s in Alexandria, section 8 runs to the liquor store went off the charts at the end of each month when the welfare checks came in.
NY governor slammed for saying black children don't know what computers are
Paternalistic, but not wrong. Oddly enough, my opinion of her is improved by this episode, but that’s from a very low base.
Actually, just the sort of advice you should expect to hear from a speaker standing at the pulpit of a church. “And maybe a little bit to support God’s house, as well.”
She want to be da new Massa.
Good grief, this lady is a racist.
If a white person says anything in a black church that doesn’t coddle the congregation or demean white people, they are going to be skewered.
I'm surprised she didn't reference specific brands associated with the Black community!
Regards,
The State makes no money from crack sales. Buy weed...but only from State dispensaries.
But they will still vote democrat
and no fried chicken or Ripple!
She could’ve just suggested that they not spend it all in one place but then people would still have a problem with it or make assumptions about what that one place was supposed to be.
“inflation refund” checks”
What a joke. Dem vote buying on display. Taxpayers are so abused in NY.
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