Rep. Ritchie Torres (New York) calls New York Gov. Kathy Hochul the “new Joe Biden,” saying Democrats will lose the 2026 gubernatorial race just as they lost the 2024 presidential race. I warned you that this is a possibility.
“Kathy Hochul is the new Joe Biden. She may be denying the depth of her vulnerability as the Democratic nominee. No Democratic incumbent less popular than Donald Trump in New York “We are in grave danger of losing to the Republicans in the last three decades — an outcome not seen in 30 years,” the congressman said in a post on X.
“If we wait until it's too late, we could have a Republican president in 2024 and a Republican governor in 2026. Let's avoid repeating history and sleepwalking toward impending disaster and defeat.” “Let's avoid doing that,” he suggested.
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Governor Kathy Hochul and Congressman Richie Torres (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul and Torres's offices for comment, but neither man immediately responded.
Torres said. Spectrum News New York 1 He said he is considering a run for governor and plans to go on a “listening tour” starting in December and January.
The lawmaker, who was re-elected to the House of Commons earlier this month, said he would make a “final decision” in “mid-2025.”
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Congressman Ritchie Torres speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the FTX bankruptcy on December 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The congressman accused the “far left” of driving people away from the Democratic Party.
“Donald Trump has no greater friend than the far left, which has targeted historic numbers of Latinos, blacks, and “Latinx,'' the congressman opined in a post about X earlier this month.
Congressman Ritchie Torres speaks at the Messari Mainnet Summit in New York on September 22, 2023. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“The working class has more to lose than gain politically by pandering to the far left, which represents Twitter, Twitch, and TikTok more than the real world. “We don't accept nonsense like this. The far left is selling it,” he added.
