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NEW YORK'S KATHY HOCHUL SENDS IN TROOPS. I GUESS IT'S OK IF A DEMOCRAT MAKES THE
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IMAGINE IF IT WEREN'T GOV. KATHY HOCHUL WHO SENT THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PATROL
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUT ANOTHER GOVERNOR – SAY GOP FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS.
DESANTIS WOULD BE FRAMED AS A TYRANT.

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Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed hundreds of National Guard
members to New York City’s subway stations to search bags for weapons in an
effort to combat rising crime. 

New Yorkers have felt increasingly anxious about riding the subway, and the
governor thought the presence of the soldiers would ease their worries. Hochul
has said it’s a temporary measure. 

“We have seen a number of crimes, and again, not statistically significant, but
psychologically significant,” Hochul told MSNBC. “If you feel better walking
past someone in a uniform to make sure that someone doesn’t bring a knife or a
gun on the subway, then that’s exactly why I did it.”



Good for her, right? 

Yet, Hochul’s tough-on-crime measure has riled conservatives – not so much
because of what she’s doing, but because of the hypocrisy it has revealed on the
left. 

It all has to do with the political persuasion of who is making the call to send
in the troops.

Let me explain.




MAYBE TOM COTTON HAD IT RIGHT 

Rewind the clock to 2020. In June that year, just days after the murder of
George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton penned
an op-ed that ran in The New York Times, with this headline: “Send in the
troops.” 



Cotton essentially argued that some military reinforcement may be necessary to
protect cities and businesses from the rioting and looting that was happening
purportedly in response to Floyd’s death. It is not a new phenomenon for bad
actors to take advantage of a tragedy. 



Donald Trump, who was president at the time, had said he was open to similar
action, so Cotton’s opinion was far from fringe.

“One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming
show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers,” Cotton
wrote.



That doesn’t sound all that different from what Hochul just did. 

Biden's State of the Union was decent.It's not enough to make voters forget he's
old.

Cotton’s mere suggestion of involving troops was enough for all hell to break
loose. The backlash by progressives inside and out of the Times’ newsroom led to
the vilification of not only the senator but also the paper’s top opinion
editor, James Bennet. He lost his job as a result. 



Here’s the difference, though: Hochul is a Democrat. Cotton is a Republican. 


LIBERALS CAN'T MAKE UP THEIR MINDS

As an example of the inconsistent reaction to these instances, take a look at
what Times editorial board member Mara Gay had to say about Hochul’s decision. 

“New York City cannot function without a thriving subway, and ensuring that the
system not only is safe but feels safe is paramount,” Gay wrote. “So Gov. Kathy
Hochul’s decision to deploy 750 National Guard members and 250 New York State
Police officers to the subways after a spate of attacks is the right one.”

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'racist.' What else has the left got wrong?

Compare that with her reaction in 2020 to Cotton's idea of sending in troops to
protect cities from violence.



Gay wrote this on X, formerly Twitter, after The Times published Cotton's
opinion column: “Running this puts black people in danger. And other Americans
standing up for our humanity and democracy, too.”

That’s why so many conservatives are left shaking their heads, wondering when
Cotton will get his apology. Bennet deserves one, too.

They won’t get it, of course. 



Imagine if it weren’t Hochul who made this call but another governor – say
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. I guarantee the reaction on the left would
be 100% different. DeSantis would be framed as a tyrant or someone on a power
trip who couldn’t be trusted.

Hochul, on the other hand, simply wants to put people’s minds at ease. 

This is Hypocrisy 101, and it deserves to be called out. 

Ingrid Jacques is a columnist at USA TODAY. Contact her at ijacques@usatoday.com
or on X, formerly Twitter: @Ingrid_Jacques








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