From the New York Post: Gov. Kathy Hochul bizarrely tried to run interference on the embarrassing “tax the rich” chants she was heckled with at Zohran Mamdani‘s rally — claiming Monday she thought it was a pro-Buffalo Bills chorus.
“I thought they were saying ‘Let’s go Bills,’” she said when pressed by a Post reporter over the anti-fat cat chant.
“I wasn’t sure… I heard some noise, I heard a lot of cheers. But later on it became clear to me, I know there is a passion for that.”
The Democratic governor’s appearance Sunday at the “New York is Not For Sale” rally at Forest Hills stadium – which featured lefty superstars Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders drumming up support for Mamdani – highlighted an uncomfortable divide in the party.
In June, Hochul had condemned Mamdani’s proposal to raise taxes on those who he called wealthy, and admitted that high costs were already causing many New Yorkers to move to Florida.
However, she still endorsed him in his race for mayor of New York City.
While she was speaking at the rally Sunday, the massive crowd started wildly chanting, “Tax the rich! Tax the rich!”
Hochul praised them for their “enthusiasm.”
The fools are cheering the rise of communism. New York City is going down the toilet. https://t.co/TlX6kXA8fV
— DMLNewsApp (@DMLNewsApp) October 27, 2025
On Monday, when confronted about the fact that the crowd was chanting “Tax the Rich,” Hochul claimed she didn’t know what they were saying.
Hochul claims she couldn’t hear what the crowd was chanting, and bizarrely suggested they were chanting, “Let’s Go Bills.” https://t.co/EvNSiKno7q
— DMLNewsApp (@DMLNewsApp) October 27, 2025
The Erie County GOP fired back, “C’mon. Hochul didn’t mistake “Tax the Rich” for “Let’s Go Bills.” She was standing with NYC socialists & laughed it off. If she raises taxes again, the real boos will come from the stands at Highmark Stadium & the KeyBank Center. Being Buffalo tough means standing up to NYC.”
C’mon. Hochul didn’t mistake “Tax the Rich” for “Let’s Go Bills.”
She was standing with NYC socialists & laughed it off.
If she raises taxes again, the real boos will come from the stands at Highmark Stadium & the KeyBank Center.
Being Buffalo tough means standing up to NYC. https://t.co/7kAHyiQu2G
— Erie County GOP (@ErieCountyGOP) October 27, 2025
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