The Epoch Times Article RatingNew York Gov. Hochul Touts 'Abortion Rights' in Rally Days Before Election
Nov 04, 2022 View Original Article
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| "New York Gov. Kathy Hochul gave an impassioned speech at a rally at Barnard College on Nov. 3, in the course of which she repeatedly portrayed her Republican opponent in the Nov. 8 gubernatorial election, Lee Zeldin, as a MAGA-style Republican extremist who seeks to roll back so-called hard-won rights in the areas of reproductive freedom, voting, civil rights, and gun control." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "I'm from Texas, and [the Supreme Court decision on] abortion, and Roe v. Wade, it was very impactful, and I think it just makes things a lot worse, especially with access to health care. ..." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Hochul barely discussed or acknowledged the importance to voters of any issues other than abortion." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| Following Hochul's talk, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage and delivered a lengthy speech in support of reelecting Hochul on Nov. 8.nn | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| Following Hochul's talk, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage and delivered a lengthy speech in support of reelecting Hochul on Nov. 8.nn | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| Following Hochul's talk, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage and delivered a lengthy speech in support of reelecting Hochul on Nov. 8.nn | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also took the stage to deliver remarks in support of Hochul's campaign. | Positive | 32% Conservative |
| Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also took the stage to deliver remarks in support of Hochul's campaign. | Positive | 32% Conservative |
| I've known Kathy Hochul for a long time, we worked together, and I really appreciate the way she is bringing leadership and stability and hope for our future to New York," Clinton said. | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| I've known Kathy Hochul for a long time, we worked together, and I really appreciate the way she is bringing leadership and stability and hope for our future to New York," Clinton said. | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "I wanted to see Kamala Harris. | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| nnNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul gave an impassioned speech at a rally at Barnard College on Nov. 3, in the course of which she repeatedly portrayed her Republican opponent in the Nov. 8 gubernatorial election, Lee Zeldin, as a MAGA-style Republican extremist who seeks to roll back so-called hard-won rights in the areas of reproductive freedom, voting, civil rights, and gun control. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| nnNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul gave an impassioned speech at a rally at Barnard College on Nov. 3, in the course of which she repeatedly portrayed her Republican opponent in the Nov. 8 gubernatorial election, Lee Zeldin, as a MAGA-style Republican extremist who seeks to roll back so-called hard-won rights in the areas of reproductive freedom, voting, civil rights, and gun control. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| Making reference to the Seneca Falls Convention in New York state in 1848 that discussed and approved extending suffrage to women, Hochul described the gathering at Barnard as an event in a similar spirit. | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| This portion of Hochul's talk drew some of the wildest applause from the largely undergraduate audience. | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "I personally am thrilled that we're going to have Vice President Harris with us," Clinton said, before going on to acknowledge her fellow Democrats in attendance. | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "I personally am thrilled that we're going to have Vice President Harris with us," Clinton said, before going on to acknowledge her fellow Democrats in attendance. | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| Hochul's speech was full of rhetoric about carrying on the struggle for rights undertaken by suffragists in the 19th century, and explicitly characterized candidate Zeldin's support for overturning Roe v. Wade and handing jurisdiction over the legality of abortions back to the states as an attack on women's rights and an effort to regress to a time in America when civil liberties were the domain of the privileged few. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| Hochul's speech was full of rhetoric about carrying on the struggle for rights undertaken by suffragists in the 19th century, and explicitly characterized candidate Zeldin's support for overturning Roe v. Wade and handing jurisdiction over the legality of abortions back to the states as an attack on women's rights and an effort to regress to a time in America when civil liberties were the domain of the privileged few. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| We march to the polls ... to stand up for future generations and say, 'We will protect the right to an abortion in this state, right here and right now and forever!'"nnHochul went on to criticize her opponent Rep. Zeldin (R-N.Y.) for having suggested that the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization had not fundamentally changed the status of abortion rights in New York, even though it overturned Roe v. Wade, which had guaranteed a federal right to legal abortion in all 50 states. | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| nnHochul continued with a largely symbolic discussion of the legacy she said that she and Hillary Clinton had inherited as pioneers of women's rights. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Martin was taking the subway to work as per his routine and the attack reportedly was completely unprovoked.nn | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Preceding her onstage were an array of highly prominent women in Democratic politics, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and former Secretary of State and two-time presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| Preceding her onstage were an array of highly prominent women in Democratic politics, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and former Secretary of State and two-time presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| but right here in the state of New York."nnHochul went on with an account of past activism, making no reference to current issues and problems in the state in which she seeks election as governor. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| Nowhere in her talk did Hochul make any mention of the fact that crime in New York City has risen sharply in several categories compared to the same period a year ago, according to New York Police Department figures, with rape up 15.8 percent, robbery up 1.7 percent, and burglary up 8.9 percent. | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| They've spent 50 years trying to make that happen, they want to turn back to the clock on women's rights in general, on civil rights, on gay rights, on voting rights, they are determined to exercise control over who we are, how we feel and be and act in ways that I thought we had all left behind," Clinton continued. | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| The only specific crime Hochul mentioned was the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Markets outlet in Buffalo, New York, by a man who identified himself as a white supremacist, killing ten people and injuring three. | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| Hochul described the attacker as an extremist who had become radicalized on social media, and implicitly drew a link between this radicalization and the rhetoric used by so-called MAGA Republicans such as her opponent in the gubernatorial race. | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| nnReferences to the issue consistently cited by New Yorkers as a leading concern -- violent crime -- were almost entirely absent from Hochul's 12-minute speech. | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| That means Zeldin is anti-LGBTQ, anti-women's rights," said Dinick Martinez, who works as a dishwasher. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| References to an issue of overriding concern to many New Yorkers and to Americans in general, namely violent crime, were almost entirely absent from Hochul's 12-minute address. | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| But at the same time, our rights as LGBTQ, and women's rights, are in danger, because this guy, Lee Zeldin, is pro-Trump. | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| In his opening statement, Zeldin told voters, "You're poorer and less safe because of Kathy Hochul and extreme policies." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| In his opening statement, Zeldin told voters, "You're poorer and less safe because of Kathy Hochul and extreme policies." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| Others who turned out were more forthright about the severity of the crime problem, though they found aspects of Zeldin's platform problematic. | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| Hochul, who was never elected to her current position but ascended to the governor's office from her role as lieutenant governor, when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid numerous allegations of sexual harassment, spoke before an enthusiastic crowd on the campus of Barnard College in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood. | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| Hochul, who was never elected to her current position but ascended to the governor's office from her role as lieutenant governor, when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid numerous allegations of sexual harassment, spoke before an enthusiastic crowd on the campus of Barnard College in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood. | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| Hochul did not discuss, or even acknowledge, numerous recent incidents that have stirred alarm among New Yorkers over rising crime, such as the pushing of a 32-year-old man, David Martin, onto subway tracks in Bushwick, Brooklyn, by a total stranger whom the victim said he barely saw in the moments before the attack. | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| Hochul did not discuss, or even acknowledge, numerous recent incidents that have stirred alarm among New Yorkers over rising crime, such as the pushing of a 32-year-old man, David Martin, onto subway tracks in Bushwick, Brooklyn, by a total stranger whom the victim said he barely saw in the moments before the attack. | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| Hochul barely discussed or acknowledged the importance to voters of any issues other than abortion. | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| Nor did Hochul mention recent incidents of violent crime affecting Zeldin himself and his family, namely the attack on Zeldin at a campaign stop in upstate New York in July and a report of gunfire last month outside Zeldin's Long Island home, which led to his daughters calling the police. | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| Nor did Hochul mention recent incidents of violent crime affecting Zeldin himself and his family, namely the attack on Zeldin at a campaign stop in upstate New York in July and a report of gunfire last month outside Zeldin's Long Island home, which led to his daughters calling the police. | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| Nor did Hochul mention recent incidents of violent crime affecting Zeldin himself and his family, namely the attack on Zeldin at a campaign stop in upstate New York in July and a report of gunfire last month outside Zeldin's Long Island home, which led to his daughters calling the police. | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "Lee Zeldin, Kathy's opponent, along with Donald Trump and their allies, are literally fighting tooth and nail to turn back the clock. ... | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Lee Zeldin, Kathy's opponent, along with Donald Trump and their allies, are literally fighting tooth and nail to turn back the clock. ... | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Lee Zeldin, Kathy's opponent, along with Donald Trump and their allies, are literally fighting tooth and nail to turn back the clock. ... | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| One of the points of contention between Zeldin and Hochul during their Oct. 25 debate was what Zeldin sees as Hochul's lack of concern about crime in the city and state. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| One of the points of contention between Zeldin and Hochul during their Oct. 25 debate was what Zeldin sees as Hochul's lack of concern about crime in the city and state. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| One of the points of contention between Zeldin and Hochul during their Oct. 25 debate was what Zeldin sees as Hochul's lack of concern about crime in the city and state. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| One of the points of contention between Zeldin and Hochul during their Oct. 25 debate was what Zeldin sees as Hochul's lack of concern about crime in the city and state. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% :New York Gov. Kathy Hochul gave an impassioned speech at a rally at Barnard College on Nov. 3, in the course of which she repeatedly portrayed her Republican opponent in the Nov. 8 gubernatorial election, Lee Zeldin, as a MAGA-style Republican extremist who seeks to roll back so-called hard-won rights in the areas of reproductive freedom, voting, civil rights, and gun control.46% : I'm from Texas, and [the Supreme Court decision on] abortion, and Roe v. Wade, it was very impactful, and I think it just makes things a lot worse, especially with access to health care. ...
23% : Hochul barely discussed or acknowledged the importance to voters of any issues other than abortion.
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