Kathy Hochul actually said...

"I will stand up to protest when I believe I'm doing something that is right for the people of this state."

"I was just trying to appeal to him as a New Yorker, and say, 'This is good for New York.'"

"We have to stand up to him now more than ever and say, no, you're not going to boss us around. We're New Yorkers."

"Thank god we have a judiciary as a check on the overreach of power that we're witnessing by the hour, by Donald Trump and Elon Musk."