New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) came under fire for a tone-deaf post claiming to have made New York City's subways “safer” hours after a woman was killed in a subway fire.
In Hochul's post, highlighted She spoke out in March about how she had “taken action” to make the subways safer, sending the New York National Guard to “assist” the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and saying “everyone on the subway He pointed out that cameras were installed in the vehicle.
Hochul's post came hours after a woman aboard the F train at the Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue subway station was reportedly set on fire and pronounced dead at the scene.
A Guatemalan immigrant suspect has reportedly been arrested. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a press conference that the suspect walked up to the woman “as the train entered the station.” used The report said there was a “lighter for starting a fire” on the woman's clothing. new york post.
“As the train entered the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim, who was sitting in the last seat of the subway car, and used what appeared to be a lighter to ignite the victim's clothing. In a matter of moments, the suspect was swallowed. “Tish said.
“In March, I took action to make subways safer for the millions of people who ride them every day,” Hochul wrote in the post. “Since deploying @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDNews and @MTA's safety efforts and installing cameras in every subway car, crime is down and ridership is up.”
In response to Hochul's words, several people described the post as “tone-deaf” and criticized the failure of the Democratic Party's “crime reduction policy.”
“This wasn't very old,” says FOX News national correspondent Bill Melgin. I wrote In post.
“A woman was intentionally set on fire on the subway today,” said Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) I wrote In post. “Democrats' crime mitigation policies don't work.”
“The same day Kathy Hochul declared the subways safe, illegal immigrants set fire to and killed an innocent woman,” said New York State Sen. Rob Ortt (R). I wrote In post. “You couldn't be more tone-deaf than this. The Governor must immediately delete her tweet and apologize to the victim's family and New York State taxpayers.”
“Kathy, someone was literally burned alive today” Newsmax producer Samantha Kajade I wrote In post. “Knock it off.”
