Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday who he thinks has been the “nastiest speaker” at the Democratic National Convention so far. It’s New York Governor Kathy Hochul . The former president took to Truth Social to slam the governor’s “total hatred,” which Trump argued had “no bounds.
” During the first night of the DNC on August 19, Hochul spoke of her shared values with presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, namely “grit, determination,” and “compassion.” The governor, who took office three years ago after Andrew Cuomo left amid sexual misconduct allegations, went on to say that those values have “always defined” New Yorkers. But not Trump.
“Donald Trump was born a New Yorker, but ended up a fraud, a philanderer, and a felon,” she said. Hochul said that New York has had to deal with Trump for “78 long years” and slammed “the fraud, the tax-dodging, the sham university, the shady charities.” She also blasted Trump for stiffing contractors and ripping off workers.
“He abuses women, brags about it, and then takes away their rights. And New Yorkers are sick of it,” she said, before she apologized to Floridians because Trump had to “flee” to Mar-a-Lago. “Trump hasn’t spent much time in New York lately.
Except, that is, to get convicted of 34 felonies,” she said. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump responded to Hochul’s remarks. He called her a “very unpopular” governor, adding that she “was the nastiest speaker on Mo.