Kathy Hochul in Meet the Press interviews for 2022 races

On Gun Control: Illegal guns are from out of state; need a national response

HOCHUL: In the state of New York, what he was able to buy was an AR-15, but he was able to enhance the magazine capacity. You can't have that many rounds purchased legally here in New York. But you just go over to Pennsylvania. Go to a gun show. This is why I started a nine state gun interjection task force because we know most of the illegal guns being used on the streets of New York City and now on the streets of Buffalo are coming from out of state. We need a national response. Source: Meet the Press on 2022 New York Governor race May 15, 2022

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

The above quotations are from Meet the Press interviews for 2022 races (Chuck Todd interviewing candidates for 2021-2022 races). Click here for other excerpts from Meet the Press interviews for 2022 races (Chuck Todd interviewing candidates for 2021-2022 races). Click here for other excerpts by Kathy Hochul. Click here for a profile of Kathy Hochul.
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