New York State Corrections Officers Police Benevolent Association members voted 1,370 to 78 to endorse Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
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Hochul's own prison guards dump her the week her pardon erases a Supreme Court case.
“Decades of staying out of it, and the guards finally speak up the same week the governor pardons a guy right out from under a Supreme Court case about bond hearings — that's not two coincidences, that's two doors swinging on the same hinge. Follow the calendar, not the press release.”
“Look, the endorsement's about the prison crisis, full stop — corrections officers know conditions inside better than anybody, that's just responsive democracy. The pardon's a completely separate matter, executive clemency, happens under every governor, nothing to see there — wait, why would I even bring up timing, nobody said timing — did I say that? That's not what I meant.”
The receipts
“Mandatory deportation” should mean just that: An immigrant who commits a serious offense must be expelled promptly — not get the benefit of a liberal governor’s partisan machinations.
· Blue state governor's pardon of convicted felon torpedos a major Supreme Court immigration fight from the morgue, 12 Sep 2026
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