New York’s final Republican governor mentioned this week that sanctuary jurisdictions are paying homage to the Accomplice states that balked at federal legislation and waged conflict in opposition to the Union.
Former Gov. George Pataki was talking with businessman and 2013 New York Metropolis GOP mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis on 77WABC radio when he was requested concerning the state of the Huge Apple in that regard.
“Right now, I’m concerned and people are concerned and rightfully so. But it comes down to leadership. We’ve had worse times in the past. I remember back in the ’60s and then in the early ’80s. And things got infinitely better,” Pataki mentioned.
“And it comes down to having the right people with the right policies running the city, running the state and running the country. I think we’re going to have the right policies in Washington. Now we just need to have the right leadership doing the right thing in Albany and in New York City.”
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President Trump speaks with former New York GOP Gov. George E. Pataki. (Reuters)
Catismatidis mentioned Trump has “put his foot down” in opposition to sanctuary insurance policies, and quipped that he now has a “very large-sized shoe” given his overwhelming electoral victory.
Pataki agreed, including that if the U.S. is to be based mostly on the rule of legislation, it ought to apply equally in every single place.
“Cities or states that can pretend that the federal rules don’t apply to them are just violating the Constitution and violating our freedom… We had a Civil War over this,” he mentioned. “And, it became plain that under the Constitution, every city, every state has to follow the law of this country.”
Previous to the war-triggering assault on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, President James Buchanan, a Pennsylvania Democrat, was crucial of Republican abolitionists and lamented his house state’s opposition to the Fugitive Slave Legislation.
Pataki went on to say the nation’s largest metropolis is bucking the feds in that regard, together with Los Angeles and different cities.
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“Trump must make them follow the law or cut off all federal funding. And I think that would be a very positive step to bring America together and to bring us forward,” he mentioned.
The 2 mentioned how New York Metropolis Council enacted a sanctuary metropolis coverage, and whether or not the state or federal authorities might step in in opposition to it.
“I think [Mayor Eric] Adams may go along with [Trump intervention],” Pataki predicted, as different observers have considered the mayor as being crucial of sanctuary metropolis coverage however hamstrung by the 45-6 Democratic-majority metropolis council.
The previous governor mentioned he’s optimistic concerning the New Yr and that Trump should “dramatically reform” Washington as a substitute of “tinker[ing] around the edges.”
He famous Trump does have limits, in that he can’t statutorily rein in New York County District Lawyer Alvin Bragg or different far-left officers.
Present Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who has clashed with the MAGA wing of the Republican Get together at occasions, as soon as vociferously opposed one other predecessor’s profitable bid to make unlawful immigrants eligible to obtain driver’s licenses.
In 2007, Hochul balked at Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s coverage whereas she was serving as clerk of Erie County – which incorporates Buffalo.
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Then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul throughout a cupboard assembly on the Capitol. (AP)
Nevertheless, when she turned governor upon the resignation of Andrew Cuomo, she reversed course.
In November, Hochul indicated she can be the “first one” to name Immigration & Customs Enforcement to assist the feds seize migrants or unlawful immigrants accused of one other crime and “get them out of here.”
Nevertheless, she maintained throughout her remarks in Queens that she helps serving to in any other case law-abiding migrants discover work in New York.
Trump’s choose for “border czar,” Tom Homan, notably hails from the Watertown space and has condemned his house state’s present insurance policies.
