{"id":2684146,"date":"2026-10-14T19:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kathy-hochuls-blame-trump-debate-strategy-backfires-when-republican-opponent-exposes-the-real-problem\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:33:44","slug":"watch-kathy-hochuls-blame-trump-debate-strategy-backfires-when-republican-opponent-exposes-the-real-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kathy-hochuls-blame-trump-debate-strategy-backfires-when-republican-opponent-exposes-the-real-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Kathy Hochul&#8217;s &#8216;Blame Trump&#8217; Debate Strategy Backfires When Republican Opponent Exposes the Real Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-kathy-hochuls-blame-trump-debate-strategy-backfires-when-republican-opponent-exposes-the-real-problem%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=2684146&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>The provided content discusses a political debate between New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman.Hochul repeatedly mentioned former President Donald Trump, over 40 times, to divert attention from her record, which includes rising utility bills-New York has the third-highest residential electricity prices in the US. Blakeman accused Hochul of increasing utility costs considerably during her term and highlighted her policies on energy and immigration. The debate also covered Hochul\u2019s efforts to implement green energy projects aiming for 70% renewable power by 2030, and her stance on immigration enforcement, which Blakeman criticized for inviting criminals and hindering local law enforcement cooperation with ICE. Hochul accused Blakeman of supporting aggressive ICE actions, while blakeman accused Hochul&#8217;s sanctuary policies of inviting crime. the debate reflected strong partisan contrasts on energy,immigration,and governance,with Hochul largely focusing on attacking Trump and Blakeman criticizing her record on various issues.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said President Donald Trump\u2019s name over 40 times during her debate with Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman, showing that she is not confident in running on her own record.<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman highlighted this point regarding the top election issue of New York\u2019s high utility bills.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire State has the third-highest residential electricity prices in the country, trailing only the fellow liberal bastions of California and Hawaii, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/06\/us-news\/new-yorkers-pay-3rd-highest-electricity-costs-in-us-trailing-only-hawaii-and-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust four days ago, you stood on a stage screaming at the top of your lungs, \u2018We love Donald Trump,\u2019\u201d Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWavePress\/status\/2110405279607120229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cNow which is it that makes him so great? Is it the high utility costs? The high grocery costs? The high gas costs? Is it his unfettered use of ICE terrorizing our neighborhoods?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman noted, \u201cDonald Trump didn\u2019t raise utility rates 48 times. You did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump didn\u2019t increase our utility bills by 50 percent since you became governor,\u201d the Nassau County executive continued. \u201cYou\u2019ve raised the average bill $4,000 a year, and your own energy research department says your policies will raise it another $4,000 in the next five years. It\u2019s out of control, and it\u2019s because of you, Kathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.@NassauExec CALLS OUT Kathy Hochul for raising utility costs on New Yorkers:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump didn\u2019t raise utility rates 48 times \u2013 YOU did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve raised the average bill $4,000 a year and your own energy research department says your policies will raise it another $4,000.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/kJY72kWwP4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2110151955104534889?\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kathy-hochul-stumbles-debate-opening-statement-republican-opponent-bruce-blakeman-pounces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hochul<\/a> is implementing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-announces-new-large-scale-renewable-energy-solicitation-deliver-clean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green energy policies<\/a> in a push to have New York state powered by 70 percent renewables \u2014 wind, solar, and storage projects \u2014 by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce selected, these projects will help accelerate our mission to power our state with affordable, reliable, zero-emission electricity for the benefit of all New Yorkers,\u201d the governor said in a 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-announces-new-large-scale-renewable-energy-solicitation-deliver-clean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At another point in the debate, Blakeman charged, \u201cYou like to talk about Donald Trump all the time because you don\u2019t want to talk about your record. Because it\u2019s a record of misery and failure,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/hochul-blakeman-debate-ny-governor-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNYW-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s name was mentioned 42 times during the one-hour debate, according to the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>New York Republican comptroller candidate Joseph Hernandez noted that Hochul accounted for almost all of those mentions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I counted every word from last night\u2019s governor\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u201d \u2013 41 times<br \/> \u201cBudget\u201d \u2013 3 times<br \/> \u201cAffordability\u201d \u2013 2 times<\/p>\n<p>@KathyHochul kept bringing up Trump because she can\u2019t defend her own record.<\/p>\n<p>@NassauExec Bruce Blakeman pointed out what she won\u2019t talk about:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Utility rates raised 48 times on her watch<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The highest taxes in America<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Billions spent on migrants while New Yorkers struggle<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cashless bail that has shampoo locked behind glass<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Nurses, railroad workers and corrections officers pushed to strike<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Medicaid alone has grown by roughly $21 billion across her five budgets.<\/p>\n<p>New York can\u2019t afford four more years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph Hernandez (@hernandezforny) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hernandezforny\/status\/2110342372475240530?\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Regarding immigration enforcement under Trump, Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-york-governor-debate-heats-blakeman-hochul-spar-trump-sanctuary-status-ice-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> that Blakeman is fine with ICE agents shooting into cars even if young children are present, referencing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/08\/us\/nyc-ice-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrest<\/a> last week in Manhattan of an illegal immigrant with a rap sheet that includes assault, drug, and robbery charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says, \u2018That\u2019s okay, that\u2019s how ICE is supposed to do it,\u2019\u201d the governor said, referring to Blakeman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cICE is out of control. It\u2019s out of control in Nassau County,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/influential-democratic-donor-ditches-kathy-hochul-backs-republican-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blakeman<\/a> responded that \u201cit never would have happened\u201d but for Hochul\u2019s \u201csanctuary policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have invited criminals to come into our state and prey on our communities. And now you won\u2019t let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-activists-goal-is-ending-all-immigration-enforcement\/\" title=\"Anti-... Activists&#039; Goal Is Ending All ...\">local law enforcement cooperate<\/a> with ICE in an orderly way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have any incidents in my county because we were allowed to cooperate with local law enforcement. But you took that tool away. The reason why that happened is because of you, Kathy Hochul, and your immigration policies, where you actually invite people into our state, give them free everything, and you don\u2019t care whether they\u2019re criminals or not. That\u2019s a bad policy,\u201d Blakeman added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOW: Republican NY gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman MIC DROPS far-left radical Gov. Kathy Hochul for protecting dangerous illegal aliens who put Americans in harm\u2019s way for NO REASON.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Hochul: \u201c ICE is out of control. It\u2019s out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Blakeman: \u201cIt never would have happened but for your sanctuary policy. You have invited criminals to come into our state and prey on our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now you won\u2019t let local law enforcement cooperate with ICE in<br \/> an orderly way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utter madness!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWavePress\/status\/2110405279607120229?\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blakeman later argued, \u201cYou say you spent $4 billion on law enforcement. Well, you spent $8 billion on illegal migrants and gave them more benefits than New Yorkers get. How does that make any sense?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.@NassauExec Bruce Blakeman: \u201cI back law enforcement\u2026[Kathy Hochul] spent $8 BILLION on illegal migrants and gave them more benefits than New Yorkers.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/nhmcMnLtrk<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2110150188249579626?\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State and New York Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-hillary-clinton-attempts-use-iran-experience-trash-trump-just-one-big-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> tried to make the 2016 presidential race all about Trump because she didn\u2019t want to run on her record.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul is clearly pulling from the same playbook in her race against Blakeman.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope it has the same results for Hochul as it did for Hillary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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