So much for the honeymoon.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James treated President-elect Donald Trump as the enemy in a divisive post-election press conference Wednesday.
A defiant Hochul announced she formed an “Empire State Freedom Initiative” to prepare to fight “policy and regulatory threats” from the incoming Trump administration.
The Democratic governor said she’s prepared to work with Trump, but spent much of her time talking about readying for political and legal war.
“You try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way,” Hochul told reporters at her Manhattan office.
She spoke of potential spats with Trump over abortion, labor, LGBTQ rights, environmental policy and immigration.
James, meanwhile, said her office had been “preparing” for a potential second Trump administration.
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