Exclusive | New NY governors race PAC vows to raise millions against Hochul and Marxist Dems, backs Blakeman

A newly created political action group has vowed to inject millions of dollars into the New York gubernatorial race to help get Bruce Blakeman elected — by highlighting Gov.Kathy Hochul’s ties to “Zohran Mamdani and the radical Marxist, Jihadi wing of the Democratic Party.”The “Defend Empire State” PAC was created to boost the Republican’s campaign to knock Hochul out of office by Jason Meister, a President Trump supporter who ran a “Defend NYC” PAC that targeted Mayor Zohran Mamdani during last year’s City Hall race.“We’re going to initiate the most aggressive campaign to defeat Kathy Hochul and the Marxist, Communist wing of the Democratic Party Hochul is an enabler of,” Meister, a risk insurance specialist, told The Post after registering his group with the state Board of Elections.He called Blakeman a “common sense, right-of-center” candidate who will be a good governor.“Blakeman will be a check on Mamdani.

Hochul isn’t,” Meister said.A review of campaign records from last year’s mayoral race shows that Meister has access to well-heeled donors.Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman and the Airbnb co-founder Joseph Gebbia each donated $1 million to his Defend NYC PAC during the final weeks of the campaign.As an independent expenditure Super PAC, the pro-Blakeman group can raise unlimited sums of cash.“Hochul is an accidental governor,” Meister said, referring to the former lieutenant governor assuming the governorship after Andrew Cuomo resigned in 2021 amid sexual misconduct accusations.“We’re going to expose her record and her relationship with Mamdani.”Meister said the race has implications beyond New York.“This is a national conversation.

We don’t want the radical Marxist contagion to metastasize to other cities and states,” he said.Meister serves on Trump’s advisory board and is not afraid to stir up controversy himself.He told The Post last year that the Jan.6, 2001, riots at the Capitol should be declared a...