Hochul on NYC candidate’s arrest: ‘How dare they’

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) condemned the arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D), a candidate for mayor, who was detained Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while guiding a defendant out of immigration court.

“Do you want to know what I really think?” Hochul said to a reporter when asked about Lander’s arrest at a press conference Tuesday.

“It’s bull—-,” she continued. “How dare they take an elected official, who’s been going down there for weeks, to escort people who are afraid to walk into a courthouse in the United States of America?”…

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