GOP governor hopeful Bruce Blakeman blasts dangerous Mamdani, Hochul in pitch to moderates

GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Gov.Kathy Hochul for enabling Mayor Zohran Mamdani — calling the pair “dangerous” as he said New Yorkers should vote for him to restore sanity to the state.“The only way to save this state is to support my campaign this year, because left-wing lunatics … the Zohran Mamdani wing of the Democratic Party — these people hate America,” Blakeman said during an interview that aired Sunday on 77 WABC radio’s the “Cats Roundtable” program.“They are danger to our state,” said Blakeman, who is currently serving his second term as the Nassau County executive.

“They are danger to our country.And they’ve got to be stopped,” He lumped Hochul in with Mamdani, a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America, whom she cozied up to during his 2025 campaign in what critics have blasted as a cynical political ploy to avoid facing a primary challenge during her reelection campaign this year.“As Winston Churchill said: ‘Communism.

Socialism.It’s nothing more than shared misery’” Blakeman told radio host John Catsimatidis.

“That’s what we have now under Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamani.“They want to make everybody miserable so they don’t know the difference between being happy and being miserable.”Blakeman’s red alert came after Mamdani’s slate of democratic socialist and leftist candidates swept key Democratic primary House house races in New York last week.The results of the primary could have longstanding ramifications and may shift and reshape the Democratic power structure and policy priorities for years to come.Democratic Socialist of America candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier ousted five-term incumbent Rep.

Adriano Espaillat in the 13th District in northern Manhattan and the Bronx while former DSA member and city Comptroller Brad Lander took out two-term incumbent Dan Goldman in the 10th District covering lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn.Meanwhile, DSA member Cla...