{"id":30423,"date":"2026-10-27T15:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30423"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:44:41","slug":"hochul-ranked-worst-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30423","title":{"rendered":"Hochul ranked worst governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\" target=\"_blank\">Cato Institute<\/a> released their annual \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/freedom-50-states\/2026\/results-and-summary\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom in the 50 States<\/a>\u201d listing ranking the states based upon their support for personal and economic freedom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Hochul<\/a> came in dead last, earning a perfect score of ZERO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/26\/us-news\/kathy-hochul-ranked-worst-governor-in-us-as-part-of-scathing-new-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">Her response<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; \u201cCato\u2019s idea of freedom means lower wages for hard working Americans, <strong>carrying guns without permits<\/strong>, AI chatbots running unchecked and social media giants gaining unfettered access to our kids,\u201d a spokesperson told The Post &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D30423&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30423\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30423\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30423\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cato Institute released their annual \u201cFreedom in the 50 States\u201d listing ranking the states based upon their support for personal and economic freedom. 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