KATHY HOCHUL JUST LET THE TRUTH SLIP — And Democrats Are Scrambling to Clean It Up
FREEZE FRAME.
It was supposed to be a routine press stop — a few softball questions, a quick soundbite, then back to the motorcade.
But one offhand remark from New York Governor Kathy Hochul turned a sleepy news cycle into a five-alarm fire.
She said it.
Clear enough for the microphones.
Sharp enough that no one could pretend it was taken out of context.
Within minutes, clips hit social media. Party operatives flooded group chats. And by nightfall, Democratic aides were working the phones, trying to explain away words that — according to one insider — “never should’ve been spoken out loud.”
The fallout is already spreading. Opponents are looping the clip in attack ads. Allies are dodging reporters. And behind closed doors, senior staff are debating whether damage control is even possible.
One strategist put it bluntly: “You can’t unring this bell.”
If they can’t contain it, Hochul’s slip won’t just haunt her.
It could shake the party from the top down.
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