{"id":2508023,"date":"2025-11-07T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-calls-stefanik-a-trump-sellout-in-response-to-campaign\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:55:11","slug":"hochul-calls-stefanik-a-trump-sellout-in-response-to-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-calls-stefanik-a-trump-sellout-in-response-to-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul calls Stefanik a Trump &#8216;sellout&#8217; in response to campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhochul-calls-stefanik-a-trump-sellout-in-response-to-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2508023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York Governor Kathy hochul quickly criticized Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik as a &#8220;sellout&#8221; to former President donald Trump following Stefanik&#8217;s proclamation of her bid for governor. Hochul released a video accusing Stefanik, Trump&#8217;s top ally in Congress, of always putting Trump&#8217;s interests first, citing Stefanik&#8217;s decisive vote for a Trump-backed bill. Stefanik launched her campaign with a video titled &#8220;From the Ashes,&#8221; focusing on issues like affordability, high taxes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-just-scrapped-an-office-that-served-victims-of-illegal-immigrant-crime-heres-whats-coming\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: ...en Just Scrapped An Office That Served Victims Of Illegal Immigrant Crime. Here\u2019s What\u2019s Coming\">illegal immigrant crime<\/a>, while attacking hochul&#8217;s record. Stefanik&#8217;s political momentum increased after Trump withdrew her nomination for UN ambassador earlier in the year. Hochul faces not only Stefanik from the right but also a Democratic primary challenge. Early polling showed Hochul leading Stefanik, but Hochul&#8217;s strategy to link Stefanik closely to Trump aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-to-launch-arizona-senate-bid-with-early-lead-in-three-way-race-poll\/\" title=\"Kari Lake leads three-way race for Arizona Senate ...: Poll.\">attract moderate voters<\/a>. The political climate includes recent Democratic wins seen as a rejection of Trump&#8217;s policies, yet Republicans remain optimistic about the upcoming midterms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hochul hammers Stefanik as Trump &lsquo;sellout&rsquo; after Republican launches governor bid<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2395411\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) wasted no time clapping back at Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) the morning the Republican launched her bid for governor of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a>, calling Stefanik a &ldquo;sellout&rdquo; to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted one minute after Stefanik&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3878922\/elise-stefanik-new-york-governor-bid\/\">launch video dropped<\/a>, Hochul says the Republican congresswoman is Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;top ally&rdquo; in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3879235\/salena-zito-democrats-stole-trump-playbook-2025-election\/\">Salena Zito says Democrats stole from Trump&rsquo;s playbook throughout 2025 elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3876404\/obama-star-power-burns-bright-one-year-harris-disappointment\/\">Obama shows his star power still burns bright one year on from Harris disappointment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3878922\/elise-stefanik-new-york-governor-bid\/\">Elise Stefanik launches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/long-awaited-biden-border-visit-lasts-three-hours\/\" title=\"Long-Awaited ...en Border Visit Lasts Three Hours\">long-awaited bid<\/a> for New York governor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Now Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York to do what she has always done: put Trump first,&rdquo; Hochul&rsquo;s video states. <\/p>\n<p>It included a clip of Trump calling Stefanik &ldquo;phenomenal&rdquo; and a &ldquo;friend of mine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Phenomenal at putting Trump ahead of you,&rdquo; the video continues, arguing that Stefanik cast the deciding vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law in July &mdash; something the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanik.house.gov\/2025\/5\/stefanik-provides-deciding-vote-for-one-big-beautiful-bill-unlocking-president-trump-s-america-first-agenda\">congresswoman herself claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet Sellout <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EliseStefanik<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ry7tcw3aZB\">pic.twitter.com\/ry7tcw3aZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Hochul (@TeamHochul) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamHochul\/status\/1986750862765572376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stefanik launched her long-awaited bid for the governor&rsquo;s mansion on Friday morning in a 2 1\/2-minute video titled &ldquo;From the Ashes.&rdquo; In it, she blasted Hochul on affordability, high taxes, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\">illegal immigrant<\/a> crime.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik has been using her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\">House<\/a> seat, which she has held since 2015, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >de facto campaign bully pulpit<\/a> to attack Hochul for months. Her crusade against the New York incumbent&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3382409\/elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governor-run-after-losing-trump-cabinet-nomination\/\">gained momentum in the spring<\/a>&nbsp;after Trump withdrew her nomination to serve as United Nations ambassador, citing Republicans&rsquo;&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3361333\/white-house-elise-stefanik-un-nomination-pulled-gop-math\/\">narrow&nbsp;House margins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the nomination, she pulled out of the public eye on the House floor for a while. After Trump&rsquo;s nomination of Stefanik was pulled on March 27, she refrained from voting in the House&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/members\/S001196\">until April 9<\/a>. She was named chairwoman of House Republican leadership, appearing to be an olive branch to keep her in the top ranks of the chamber, but Stefanik has not been present at any of the press conferences held by leadership during the last 37 days of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik did not narrate her launch video, a feature typical of most campaign launches, in which the candidate speaks directly to appeal to the voter.&nbsp;Hochul&rsquo;s response video did not include her voice, either, though the governor has not announced she is running for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul, now facing competition from the Right, is also facing a primary challenge from Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>Polling at the beginning of October found Hochul leading Stefanik, 48% to 43%, in the blue state. But Hochul&rsquo;s strategy of tying Stefanik to Trump could be key to driving voter turnout and attracting centrist or conservative voters who don&rsquo;t agree with the president&rsquo;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also has the advantage of being an incumbent and it being a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">midterm election<\/a> cycle. Historically, Republicans have struggled to get voters out in non-presidential years, especially since Trump entered the political arena.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3878922\/elise-stefanik-new-york-governor-bid\/\">ELISE STEFANIK LAUNCHES LONG-AWAITED BID FOR NEW YORK GOVERNOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats swept in Tuesday&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2025\/\">2025 elections<\/a>, with voters choosing New York City Mayor-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> in a landslide to succeed outgoing Democratic Mayor Eric Adams. Democrats also won the governors&rsquo; races in New Jersey and Virginia. The party is messaging this as a sign that voters are rejecting Trump&rsquo;s policies, while Republicans are arguing it&rsquo;s not indicative that they will lose in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s victory gives Stefanik an edge when it comes to messaging, given Hochul endorsed him, and he is a socialist. Republicans are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3876949\/gop-new-york-socialist-mamdani-symbol-democratic-extremism\/\">working to tie Mamdani<\/a> to every Democrat on the ballot for 2026 already, arguing that socialism will spread throughout the country and that Mamdani is the new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul slams Stefanik as Trump &#8216;sellout&#8217; after governor bid launch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2508024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25119735849454.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38702,8433,37324,3973,3634],"class_list":["post-2508023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign-response","tag-hochul","tag-political-conflict","tag-stefanik","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25119735849454.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508027,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508023\/revisions\/2508027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}