The last Republican in New York The governor said this week that sanctuary powers are reminiscent of Confederate states that rejected federal law and waged war against the Union.
Former Governor George Pataki was speaking with businessman and 2013 New York City GOP mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis on Radio 77WABC When asked about the status of the Big Apple in this regard.
“Right now, I'm worried and people are worried and rightly so. But it's about leadership. We've had worse times in the past. I remember what happened in the 1960s and then in the early 1980s. And things have gotten infinitely better,” Pataki said.
“And it's about having the right people who have the right policies to run the city, run the state, run the country. I think we'll have the right policies in Washington. Now we just need the right leadership doing that.” The right thing for Albany and for New York City.”
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President Trump speaks with former New York GOP Governor George E. Pataki. (Reuters)
Catismatidis said Trump had “put his foot down” against sanctuary policies, and quipped that he now had a “very large shoe” given his landslide election victory.
Pataki agreed, adding that if the United States is to have the rule of law, it must apply it equally everywhere.
“Cities or states that can pretend that federal rules don't apply to them are just cities or states Violation of the Constitution “And our freedom was violated… We had a civil war over this. It became clear that under the Constitution, every city and every state had to follow the law of this country,” he said.
Before the war-leading attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, President James Buchanan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, was critical of Republican abolitionists and lamented his home state's opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law.
After Illinois Republican Abraham Lincoln's victory in 1860, southern states began to secede, which Buchanan opposed, believing that a military response was the wrong choice. The election of Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery into federal territories, alarmed the states of the Deep South, with South Carolina leading the way in declaring secession from the Union on December 20, 1860.
Pataki went on to say that the nation's largest city is running afoul of the feds in this regard, along with Los Angeles and other cities.
Republican mayoral candidate and billionaire John Catsimatidis speaks at a news conference in 2013. (Getty Images)
“Trump should force them to abide by the law or cut off all federal funding. I think that would be a very positive step to unite America and move us forward,” he said.
The two discussed how to enact a New York City Council Sanctuary City Politicsand whether the state or federal government may intervene against it.
“I think (Mayor Eric) Adams might go along with (Trump's intervention),” Pataki predicted, as other observers saw the mayor criticize sanctuary city policy but hampered by a 45-6 Democratic majority city council.
The former governor said he was optimistic about the new year and that Trump should “radical reform” in Washington instead of “tinkering around the edges.”
He pointed out that Trump has limits, as he cannot rein in New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg or other extreme left-wing officials.
Current Governor Kathy Hochula Democrat who has clashed with the MAGA wing of the Republican Party at times, once strongly opposed his predecessor's successful attempt to make illegal immigrants eligible for driver's licenses.
In 2007, Hochul objected to Gov. Eliot Spitzer's policy while working as a clerk in Erie County — which includes Buffalo.
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Then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, left, and Gov. Kathy Hochul during a Cabinet meeting at the Capitol. (AP)
However, when she became governor after Andrew Cuomo resigned, she reversed course.
In November, Hochul indicated that she would be “the first to call.” Immigration and customs To help the feds apprehend immigrants or illegal immigrants accused of another crime and “get them out of here.”
However, during her remarks in Queens, she stressed that she supports helping law-abiding immigrants find work in New York.
Tom Homan, Trump's pick for “border czar,” is from the Watertown area and has condemned his state's current policies.
