Republican gubernatorial candidate Elise Stefanik ripped Kathy Hochul in a blistering new ad Friday that was essentially a montage of the Democratic incumbent’s lowlights as New York governor.

The minute-long spot , titled “Kathy’s Own Words: This Bulls–t Has to Stop,” is the second statewide digital ad released by the upstate congresswoman since the launch of her New York gubernatorial campaign.

The ad begins with an image of Hochul and newscasters repeating the phrase, “Worst governor in America” – which is how Stefanik referred to the incumbent when she launched her campaign last week.

“Hochul is out of touch,” the narrator says, before brutal clips of Hochul’s missteps as governor play – including her May 2024 assertion that black children “growing up in the Bronx” don’t know

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