Former President Trump ripped into New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Wednesday, calling her the “nastiest speaker” at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, after she slammed him as a “fraud” in her speech Monday.
“Kathy Hochul, the very unpopular Governor of New York, was the nastiest speaker on Monday evening (at the Democrat National Convention) as it pertains to your favorite President, me,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Her total hatred, and statements made about me, had no bounds.”
The former president appeared to be responding to Hochul’s remark from the speech when she said the GOP nominee was “born a New Yorker, but ended up a fraud, a philanderer and a felon.”
“He wasn’t raised with the New York values that I know. He never had to worry about child care costs, or groceries, or rent,” the governor said in her address to Democrats. “He never had to worry about anything — or anyone — but himself.”
Trump added that he was “amazed” by her remarks, and touted his work in New York, while acknowledging his tumultuous relationship with the New York judicial system.
“Number one, I did a GREAT job in New York, employed thousands of people, built some of the most beautiful and successful buildings, and paid billions of dollars in taxes,” he wrote online Wednesday. “Number two is that, on the very distinct possibility I will win the Presidency, wouldn’t it be better for the people of New York State to have a Governor who got along with the President? Adversarial relationships are not good in politics!”
“Unfairly,” he said, “I am before a very biased and hateful New York Judicial System that is appointed and largely controlled by the Governor.”
Trump faced two major legal cases in the Empire State this year. His business empire was dealt a blow in February when a judge ordered him to pay more than $355 million for conspiring to alter his net worth to receive tax and insurance benefits.
Shortly after the ruling, Trump lashed out at presiding Judge Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who brought forth the civil case, in a series of online posts alleging the case was a “witch hunt.”
Months later, the former president was convicted in a criminal hush money case in New York, which he also claimed was politically motivated, given his presidential campaign.
“With the vitriol displayed by her [Hochul] on Monday night, it is no wonder that the Judges have treated me so badly,” he posted on Truth Social. “The whole system is RIGGED, and companies are leaving because of it!!!”
The Hill reached out to Hochul’s office for further comment.