Kathy Hochul’s terrible judgment leads to one terrible dayBy Bob McManus
April 12, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul rushed to the microphones Tuesday to reassure New Yorkers following the Brooklyn subway shootings. She should’ve stood in bed.
Out tumbled a jumble of half-thoughts, unfocused and haltingly delivered, underscoring what has been apparent for some time now — which is that New York’s latest accidental governor would be out of her depth in a Buffalo mud puddle.
Which, in a manner of speaking, is where she came from.
Hochul’s horrible day also included news that her handpicked, staunchly defended lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, had just been arrested on federal corruption charges. Benjamin would be gone by day’s end, of course, but the matter will linger.
Actually, the scandal could have been predicted by anybody who pays even cursory attention to New York politics. But Hochul, it seems, doesn’t pay attention to much. This would explain her selection of Benjamin in the first place — and the amazingly ineffective state-budget cycle that she just stumbled through.
It would also explain, if that’s necessary, why Gov. Andrew Cuomo brought her on to his ticket in 2014 — him having a thing for dim-bulb staffers. (Cuomo’s [probably] history now, but he’s got to be laughing up his sleeve today.)
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/12/gov-hochuls-terrible-judgment-leads-to-one-terrible-day/
