It may not be considered polite to boo an elected official, but when Governor Kathy Hochul was introduced at the Ryder Cup, she had it coming. Her record of destructive policies has left New Yorkers frustrated, unsafe, and taxed beyond reason.
Take her support of cashless bail. By removing accountability for repeat offenders and blocking judges from detaining the worst of the worst, she has unleashed a crime wave across the state. Residents in suburban and urban communities alike are seeing their neighborhoods under assault with law-abiding citizens paying the price.
Her Sanctuary State stance on illegal immigration has welcomed thousands of migrants at enormous cost to taxpayers—billions of dollars that could have funded schools, infrastructure, or public safety. Meanwhile, her support of defunding the police has weakened the very institutions meant to protect citizens, all the while she does nothing as fentanyl and other deadly drugs take lives and ruin families.
Hochul’s priorities are revealing. She pushed for a new football stadium in Buffalo, funneling billions in taxpayer dollars to a project from which her husband stands to gain. She endorsed radical candidates like Communist Zohran Mamdani for New York City Mayor and attempted to override local zoning laws to force multi-family housing on suburban communities without regard for resident concerns.
These decisions are not abstract policy—they affect real people: parents worried about their children’s safety, taxpayers stretched to the limit, friends and neighbors overdosing left and right. New Yorkers notice, and they speak their minds. The boos at the Ryder Cup were less about etiquette and more about frustration with leadership that has repeatedly failed to protect the public interest.
While civility matters, so does accountability. Governor Hochul’s policies have consequences, and the people of New York are letting her know, loudly and clearly, that enough is enough.