Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) spoke out against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's (D) endorsement of Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday, calling the governor the "worst" in the U.S. as the congresswoman prepares to jump into the race for the state's top executive role.

“Well, Kathy Hochul is the worst governor in America and it was only a matter of time before she bent the knee for this raging anti-Semite communist,” Stefanik said during an appearance on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." “The reality is Kathy Hochul owns Zohran Mamdani position to defund the police, to abolish our law enforcement, to abolish prisons, to abolish private health care insurance, to decriminalize sex workers. It is outrageous. ”

Hochul formally endorsed Mamdani in a New York Times op-ed to be city’s n

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