Gov. Kathy Hochul Tells New Yorkers That Voting Republican Makes Them ‘Anti-American’

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said that the rally in New York City for Donald Trump last week backfired on him, and gave her the opportunity to “remind” New Yorkers that casting a vote in the state for a Republican makes them, personally, “anti-American.”

The Democrat appeared on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation Saturday to discuss the election and Trump’s rally with host Rev. Al Sharpton.

Sharpton asked Hochul first about House races in the state and the potential Democratic majority, before moving on to ask about Trump’s rally, which has been a source of major controversy, and in particular a joke at the expense of Puerto Rico from an opening act comic, which Hochul said was “so painful.”

“You do not think in this great country that you we should have leaders who either say this themselves or will tolerate it at one of their rallies,” she said. “I think this rally backfired on him.”

She then said that it helped her make the case for residents of the state that voting for Republicans is voting against America. and specifically that New York Republicans are not separate or distinct from the party elsewhere.

“It gave me a chance to tie the Republicans running in these seats, the incumbents, closer to Donald Trump,” she said, and to “remind everybody, if you’re voting for these Republicans in New York, you are voting for someone who supports Donald Trump and you’re anti-woman, you’re anti-abortion, and basically you’re anti American.”

Sharpton did not ask any follow-up about the governor attacking her own constituents as anti-American.

It gives me, as someone who is leading the effort in our state to ensure we flip these battleground seats. It gave me a chance to tie the Republicans running in these seats, the incumbents, closer to Donald Trump, and remind everybody, if you’re voting for these Republicans in New York, you are voting for someone who supports Donald Trump and you’re anti-woman, you’re anti-abortion, and basically you’re anti American. Because you have just trashed American values and what our country is all about over and over and over. And you will wear this on Election Day.

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.