Kathy Hochul on Principles & Values

	Kathy Hochul on Principles & Values

You don't protect hate speech or incendiary speech

HOCHUL: Any government leader that does not condemn this and condemn it today is a coward, and they're also partially responsible. What they need to be doing is calling this out and not coddling this behavior and saying that, "Well, that's just young people and they're sharing their ideas." Yeah, I'll protect the First Amendment any day of the week. But you don't protect hate speech. You don't protect incendiary speech. There are limitations on speech.

Activist Al SHARPTON: We start by changing the tone nationally. President Biden needs to call a summit meeting of Black, Jewish, Asian leaders and talk about the growing problem of hate crimes, and that this government will not stand by and allow this to happen. We need to have a tone where young guys like this understand the federal government will come down on them. They're monitoring what's going on, and they're not going to tolerate it.

Source: Meet the Press on 2022 New York Governor race , May 15, 2022

Not here to make history; I came to make a difference

As I stand before you, I am well aware of the significance of this moment: the first time in New York's history that a woman has delivered this annual address. But I didn't come here to make history. I came to make a difference. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the New York legislature , Jan 5, 2022

Not strongly ideological; more practical

As for her political philosophy? "She's not easy to pigeonhole that way," said Livingston County Democratic Chair Judith Hunter. "She sees it as important to judge each issue as it comes along."

"In your experience, she's not strongly ideological, she's a little more practical?" [the reporter] asked.

"That would be fair, that would be fair," Hunter replied.

Source: WLNY-2 CBS-TV on 2022 New York gubernatorial race , Mar 2, 2021

Upbringing taught her to care for poor, imprisoned, homeless

Q: I've read that your Catholic faith and your Catholic upbringing continue to be important to you. Is that right?

KH: My Catholic upbringing taught me to live the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of caring about people who are poor, in prison and homeless. I live by that. I don't follow the rest.

Source: City & State NY on 2022 New York gubernatorial race , Mar 25, 2018

Catholic upbringing: care for poor, imprisoned, & homeless

Q: I've read that your Catholic faith and your Catholic upbringing continue to be important to you. Is that right?

KH: My Catholic upbringing taught me to live the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of caring about people who are poor, in prison and homeless. I live by that. I don't follow the rest.

Source: CityAndStateNY.com on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race , Mar 25, 2018

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