Governor Hochul on Monday blasted former President Trump as a serial fraud and an embarrassment to his home state in a fiery speech to the Democratic National Convention.
Taking takes dead aim at the other New YorkerHochul derided the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a fraud who betrayed working-class values in the Empire State,
“Donald Trump was born a New Yorker but ended up a fraud, a philanderer and a criminal,” Hochul said. “If you think you’re sick of Donald Trump, talk to a New Yorker. We’ve dealt with him for 78 long years.”
Hochul accused Trump of defrauding New York for decades, a traces of betrayal she said he continued during his four years in the White House.
“We’ve seen him stiff contractors, rip off workers, he abuses women, brags about it and then takes away their rights,” Hochul said. “It’s no wonder he had to flee to Mar-a-Lago.
The governor framed himself as one children of blue-collar Buffalowhere she said she learned from her parents and grandparents the value of hard work — and a union card.
“Like other families in my community, they believed that with hard work they could build a better future,” Hochul said. “I’m proud of my roots and the values I learned: grit, determination, compassion.”
Hochul praised President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for bringing tens of thousands of new jobs to Syracuse in the form of a Manufacturing facility for micron chips which will create 50,000 jobs.
“Trump talked big about bringing back manufacturing jobs,” Hochul said. “But you know who really did it? President Biden and Vice President Harris.”
The governor spoke on the first day of the convention along with other New Yorkers’ reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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