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On the recordJuly 16, 2025
I’ve become the therapist in chief, it seems. So I’m saying to everybody, ‘We’re going be okay.’ Maybe it’s the mom in me. I know how to calm down situations and we’ll get through this.
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Kathy Hochul
Democratic · New York

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Hochul describes her role in calming public concerns after Mamdani's primary win.

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