Trump slams Hochul’s ‘radical left’ as destroying NY — predicts win for GOP gov hopeful Blakeman: ‘How the hell can you lose to that?’

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 14, 2026 · 721 words · By Matt Troutman; Alex Mitchell

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Trump slams Hochul’s ‘radical left’ as destroying NY — predicts win for GOP gov hopeful Blakeman: ‘How the hell can you lose to that?’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Trump slams Hochul’s ‘radical left’ as destroying NY — predicts win for GOP gov hopeful Blakeman: ‘How the hell can you lose to that?’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Common ground

Kathy Hochul’s “radical left” as destroying New York – as he boisterously predicted Friday that GOP contender Bruce Blakeman will win the state’s gubernatorial race.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The president was joined by Blakeman, Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel”

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No evidence was found to confirm the presence of Todd Blanche and Kash Patel during the visit.

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Claim 2: “Trump visited Nassau County – where Blakeman serves as the executive”

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Wikipedia confirms Bruce Blakeman is the Nassau County Executive. News reports confirm Trump's visit and his prediction that Blakeman will win the gubernatorial race.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman speaks about cryptocurrency at Pubkey. 3. President Trump also boisterously predicted that GOP contender Bruce Blakeman (above) will win the state’s gubernatoria…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/us-news/trump-slams-hochuls-ra…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nassau County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman will visit Broome County later this month for the local GOP’s annual clambake fundraiser. | Matt Rourke/AP.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/20…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bruce Arthur Blakeman is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the 10th county executive of Nassau County, New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Blakeman

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Claim 3: “Blakeman trailed Hochul, a Democrat, by just 10 points – 49% to 39% — among likely voters, according to the latest Siena College survey conducted in early August.”

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The evidence provided consists of general Wikipedia entries for Siena University and the city of Siena, but does not contain the specific polling data mentioned in the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — This page was last edited on 17 August 2026, at 18:03 (UTC).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena

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web search NEUTRAL — Toggle the table of contents Siena University (New York)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena_University_(New_York)

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web search NEUTRAL — Il testo è disponibile secondo la licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo; possono applicarsi condizioni ulteriori. Vedi le condizioni d'usoper i dettagli.
https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena

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Claim 4: “new FBI statistics showing a historic national year-over-year drop in violent crime”

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Multiple sources report a significant drop in violent crime, with one source specifically citing a 9% drop as the sharpest year-over-year decrease since 1936.

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web search NEUTRAL — A 9% drop in the nationwide violent crime rate represented the sharpest year-over-year decrease since the FBI began tracking statistics in 1936, the agency's latest Crimes in the Nation report says.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2026/09/02/latest-…

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web search NEUTRAL — “The FBI 2025 crime report, expected to be released Friday, is projected to show a significant drop in violent crime. According to reports, the data could show the largest year-to-year decrease in vio…
https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/14/trump-to-tout-historic-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Agencies voluntarily submit their crime data to the UCR program either through a state UCR program or directly to the FBI’s UCR program. This information can be used for different purposes by law enfo…
https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-an…

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Claim 5: “Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s election last year”

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Three independent news sources (NY Post, CNBC, Axios) all report that Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York City last year.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — New York City’s election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor last year
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/opinion/michael-goodwin-michig…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's victory last year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/trump-election-republicans-d…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In New York City's mayoral election last year, Zohran Mamdani spent months walking back his past calls to defund a city police department that he had said was "racist, anti-queer & a major threat to p…
https://axios.com/2026/04/05/dems-weighing-2028-campaigns-ru…

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Claim 6: “In one year, we removed 2,000 illegal migrants with criminal records ranging from attempted murder, rape, murder, robbery… drug dealers”

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The specific claim about removing 2,000 illegal migrants with those specific criminal records is only found in a TikTok video; other sources discuss general ICE operations in other states (Minnesota) but do not corroborate the Nassau County figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — 4. Claims that undocumented immigrants kill thousands annually are unsupported.crime registry by immigration status, leaving room for uncertainty about exact counts and for policy debates focused on e…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/do-undocumented-im…

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web search NEUTRAL — On my watch, Nassau County removed 2,000 illegal migrants with criminal records tied to rape, attempted murder, robbery, drug dealing, and gang activity. Now Kathy Hochul wants to stop local law enfor…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-happened-at-nassau-coun…

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web search NEUTRAL — Minnesota was at the center of controversy after the detention of more than 400 undocumented immigrants with criminal records, including convicted pedophiles, rapists and violent offenders, as a resul…
https://voz.us/en/society/251215/31839/minnesota-under-the-s…

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Claim 7: “Shooting deaths are down 62%, murder is down 57% and total crime is down 10%”

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Claim 8: “Trump and Hochul often temper it with pragmatic praise about their working relationship on specific projects or issues, such as the overhaul of Penn Station.”

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Evidence shows Governor Hochul praised the federal takeover of the Penn Station overhaul, calling it a 'win for New York taxpayers,' indicating a pragmatic working relationship on this specific project.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kathleen Mary Hochul is an American politician and lawyer who has served since 2021 as the 57th governor of New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul

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web search NEUTRAL — Kathy Hochul. In a statement released on Thursday, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that Amtrak, which owns Penn Station, would spearhead the overhaul instead of the state a…
https://www.6sqft.com/trump-administration-says-it-will-take…

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web search NEUTRAL — Governor Kathy Hochul praised the move, calling it a win for New York taxpayers. MTA officials say they still expect to be part of the planning process. FOX 5’s Jessica Formoso reports from Penn Stati…
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/federal-government-takes-control…

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Claim 9: “New York’s cashless bail laws implemented in 2020”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic homepages for Google News, CNN, and NYT, which do not contain specific information regarding the 2020 cashless bail laws.

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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
https://www.cnn.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news ...
https://www.nytimes.com/

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Claim 10: “Zeldin went on to lose against Hochul by a slim six points”

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Wikipedia confirms Hochul won 53.1% to 46.7% (a 6.4 point margin), and multiple news sources explicitly state Zeldin lost by six percentage points.

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web search NEUTRAL — On Election Day, Hochul won a full term in office defeating Zeldin by a margin of 53.1%–46.7% and becoming the first woman to be elected governor of New York. This was New York's closest gubernatorial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_York_gubernatorial_el…

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web search NEUTRAL — Zeldin lost the governorship by six percentage points. Lee Zeldin is expected to concede to Kathy Hochul Wednesday afternoon. John Lamparski/Sipa USA. Meanwhile, Zeldin declined to concede, holding ou…
https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/lee-zeldin-to-concede-to-kathy…

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web search NEUTRAL — Zeldin lost the New York gubernatorial election to incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul by less than six points, marking one of the closest statewide races in New York in decades.
https://spectator.com/article/the-republican-party-machine-n…

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Claim 11: “a sweeping “sanctuary state” law that bans cooperation between local cops and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents”

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Multiple sources confirm New York has laws barring local agencies/sheriffs from cooperating with ICE, effectively creating a sanctuary state environment.

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web search NEUTRAL — 15 New York sheriffs sued Gov. Kathy Hochul in federal court over new law barring their offices from cooperating with ICE. Hochul says bring it on.It bars local agencies from partnering with Immigrati…
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/29/ny-sheriffs-sue-hochul-ic…

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web search NEUTRAL — New York leaders changed state immigration laws to hold federal agents accountable for their deportation tactics, but their efforts will face opposition from the Trump administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/nyregion/ice-masks-hochul…

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web search NEUTRAL — A 2017 California law prohibits state and local police from informing ICE of an individual’s jail release date unless that person has been convicted of certain serious crimes.
https://www.wskg.org/2026-05-19/how-kathy-hochul-got-behind-…

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Claim 12: “Trump boasted about Blakeman hiring more than 700 new cops.”

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