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Gov. Hochul was right about Israel — until the left forced her to apologize
NY Post ^ | 18 Feb 2024 | Bob McManus

Posted on 02/18/2024 2:56:22 PM PST by Rummyfan

Gov. Hochul last week committed candor in public – a rare event indeed – but just 24 hours later she was groveling before one of the most noxious movements in Empire State history.

There she was Friday night, all-but begging forgiveness for having included an “inappropriate analogy” in a “poor choice of words” while addressing a fundraising dinner the previous evening.

Speaking to the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York at Gotham’s venerable Pierre Hotel Thursday, Hochul had sharply called out Iranian cat’s-paw Hamas while underscoring her support for Israel post-10/7.

The bloody-fisted terrorist organization “must be stopped” she said. And Israelis couldn’t be expected to live with “that threat, that specter, over them.”

Anodyne words, to be sure – but so far, so good.

Then she told the truth, which so many New Yorkers can’t handle.

“If Canada ever attacked Buffalo,” she projected, “I’m sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day. You have a right to defend yourself, and to make sure that it never happens again. And that is Israel’s right.”

No equivocation there. Nor should there have been.

But the comment was on video, which went viral, with entirely predictable impact – and then there was Hochul, tendering an apologetic back-track to the New York Times.

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Why kowtow to the yammering activists? They represent a minority, and they’re quite visibly horrible people.
1 posted on 02/18/2024 2:56:22 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

You can never trust a leftist to watch your back—even if you are another leftist.

:-)

P.S. Canada can attack Buffalo now. The governor will be very careful not to have a counter attack that causes too many civilian casualties.


2 posted on 02/18/2024 2:59:22 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Rummyfan
It's a tug-of-war of apologies.

I've seen both sides demanding, and getting, apologies.

Poor politicians and celebrities are stuck between two protected classes, Muslims and Jews, and to take one side is to offend the other.

Life would be so much simpler if it were always protected classes vs. straight, white, Christian men.

3 posted on 02/18/2024 3:31:34 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Rummyfan

But these particular activists are as good as their word if you upset them enough. That’s why Hochul did an about-face.


4 posted on 02/18/2024 3:32:46 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Rummyfan

This low IQ witch is substituting her purely commie agenda for any sliver of reason or sanity. So she doesn’t have to think, she merely has to check the agenda for directions on what next to ruin. Congrats NYers, you could have had Lee Zeldin, a solid guy for governor. Heaven knows why you chose this ruinous ditz.


5 posted on 02/18/2024 5:11:58 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: Rummyfan
“If Canada ever attacked Buffalo,” she projected, “I’m sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day. You have a right to defend yourself, and to make sure that it never happens again. And that is Israel’s right.”

Whoa! Hochul?!?!??!

6 posted on 02/18/2024 5:30:15 PM PST by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat FARMED FISH.)
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