Hochul Faces Last Shot to Show She’s Not a Drag on Democrats (1)

Sept. 3, 2024, 9:02 AM UTCUpdated: Sept. 3, 2024, 3:56 PM UTC

Joy does not describe the Democratic National Convention that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul experienced.

There was the flubbed opening line in her prime-time speech that became a punchline for comedian Stephen Colbert: “Are you ready to elect Kamala Harris the first president of the United States?”

It might have been forgotten as a one-off coming from someone else, but this was the type of embarrassment Hochul has experienced with some regularity during her three years leading the Empire State. There was a gaffe in May about Black children in the Bronx not knowing the word ‘computer.’ Weeks before that, ...

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