Hochul’s insensitive quip: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s remarks to black churchgoers to not buy booze with refund checks.
Kathy Hochul’s remarks to a largely black viewers about not spending authorities checks on alcohol was so racist that it defies perception (“Backlush at gov,” Sept. 11).
If a Republican governor stated that, there could be riots within the streets. However, as a result of she’s a liberal Democrat, she will get a move. Hochul is a feckless, incompetent moron. Black voters ought to keep her remarks in thoughts when she runs for re-election.
Robert DiNardo
Farmingdale
As an Irish Catholic, Gov. Hochul ought to find out about stereotypes.
Yet she condescendingly suggests in a black church that a rebate verify not be spent on a bottle of “Colt 45.” Perhaps she ought to strive not preaching.
Peter Cooper
Bronxville
Attention, motormouth Kathy Hochul. Who do you assume you’re, insulting Buffalo parishioners like that? That was essentially the most racist factor I’ve heard from her ilk since President Biden in contrast college students’ intelligence based mostly on income. Horrific and embarrassing.
N. Albanese
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New Rochelle
Hochul has no apology to make to the predominantly black parishioners of the True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo for her outrageous comment.
When referring to the promised “state inflation refund checks” she urged the congregation, “Don’t stop by the liquor store. Buy something for the kids. Buy them some food.”
In subsequent yr’s election, Hochul won’t lose a single vote for her fake pas. The black clergy leaders will do the same old, subtly or brazenly, encouraging their congregants to overwhelmingly vote Democratic, and such insults will probably be ignored.
Michael Headley
Brooklyn
Let’s see — Gov. Hochul informed black parishioners to not spend the money that the state is sending them on booze. To the black group: This is what you get from the Democratic Party that believes they own you.
What a whole insult by a half-minded particular person who actually believes what she stated. You see, the true racists are these you consider need to help you. I hope you bear in mind these insults on Election Day and finish the one-party state.
Philip Vallone
Ossining
The Issue: The firing of MSNBC analyst Matt Dowd after implying Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric prompted his death.
Never have I praised something that comes out of the rubbish at MSNBC — till now, after it fired political analyst Matthew Dowd for his insensitive remarks relating to the assassination of Charlie Kirk (“Left quick to blame right for violence,” Sept. 11).
Now CNN ought to show the identical good sense, and let go of racebaiter Van Jones.
Rob Feuerstein
Staten Island
Matthew Dowd is a disgusting man who labored for a mainstream liberal community. He was just lately fired for his horrible phrases relating to the taking pictures of a fellow American.
Charlie Kirk was a conservative, who believed in freedom of speech. Matthew Dowd is a liberal who pushes politicians with the identical agenda because the cowards who blew up The World Trade Center.
Maureen Sharkey
Brooklyn
Former MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd meant precisely what he stated. His vile feedback implied that Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric and beliefs had been the trigger of his own death.
I want to ask Dowd: What is so horrible about advocating for conventional household values and free speech, even for dissenting views? Bravo to MSNBC for firing Dowd for his disrespectful feedback. He deserved it.
JoAnn Lee Frank
Clearwater, Fla.
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