{"id":348847,"date":"2021-10-06T03:27:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gov-kathy-hochul-defends-calling-nyc-churchgoers-my-apostles\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T03:27:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:27:26","slug":"gov-kathy-hochul-defends-calling-nyc-churchgoers-my-apostles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gov-kathy-hochul-defends-calling-nyc-churchgoers-my-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gov. Kathy Hochul defends calling NYC churchgoers &#8216;my apostles&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Gov. Kathy Hochul defends calling NYC churchgoers &#8216;my apostles&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday was pressed by a reporter about a controversial speech at a Brooklyn mega-church where she urged worshippers to act as \u201cmy apostles\u201d and proselytize on behalf of COVID-19 vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p>During a coronavirus briefing in Albany, Hochul was asked to respond to the people who \u201ctook offense to your comments\u201d at the Christian Cultural Center in East New York last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was speaking to an audience that understood that there are ways to convey a message and one is\u2026to meet people where they are,\u201d Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are in a church and you\u2019re talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Script<\/a>ures, and talking to people who believe in a higher power \u2014 as do I \u2014 I used a message that I believe would connect with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also said she had \u201cno trouble being criticized\u201d before claiming that she\u2019d been trying to convince the churchgoers to \u201cnot be my apostles, but apostles for the cause, which simply means that you\u2019re out there promoting something because you truly believe in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 26, Hochul attended the 8 a.m. religious service at the Christian Cultural Center and told the congregation, \u201cGod did answer our prayers\u201d when vaccines were developed against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of you, yes, I know you\u2019re vaccinated, you\u2019re the smart ones, but you know there\u2019s people out there who aren\u2019t listening to God and what God wants,\u201d she said, according to a transcript <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/rush-transcript-governor-hochul-attends-service-christian-cultural-center\">posted on her official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need you to be my apostles\u2026Jesus taught us to love one another and how do you show that love but to care about each other enough to say, \u2018Please get the vaccine because I love you and I want you to live\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Gov. Kathy Hochul arrives to speak during a Women's March and Rally for Reproductive Rights at the state Capitol Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.\" class=\"wp-image-19708268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul insists the COVID-19 vaccine is God\u2019s answer to \u201cour prayers.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hans Pennink<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Critics of the remarks included Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> host Tucker Carlson, who mocked Hochul as \u201cone of the high priestesses\u201d of \u201cthe cult of coronavirus\u201d and \u201cthe leader of the New York diocese of the corona cult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround her neck, she wore not a cross \u2014 that\u2019s yesterday\u2019s symbol \u2014 but instead a vaccination necklace,\u201d Carlson <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/transcript\/tucker-carlson-the-cult-of-coronavirus-has-become-its-own-religion\">said on his show<\/a> the following day.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThat necklace signified to the faithful gathered that Hochul has ascended to the select priesthood of those who have taken full intravenous communion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Giuliani called Hochul\u2019s remarks \u201cone of the most absurd, and I also think one of the more dangerous things I\u2019ve heard a politician say recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the governor of the great state of New York, you cannot be getting up during a homily in church and asking people to be your apostles,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/vn5fb7-andrew-giuliani-discusses-policies-covid-mandates-new-york-politics-and-mor.html\">said Thursday<\/a> during an appearance on \u201cThe Joe Pags Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is absolutely beyond absurd. But I also think it\u2019s a great microcosm, a great example I would say, of what so many in political office think nowadays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani added: \u201cThey really, really look at, I think, some of their constituents and\u2026they have this god-like feeling about themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also used the same news conference Tuesday to joke about religious anti-vaxxers undergoing \u201cconversion\u201d to save their jobs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Tucker-Carlson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Tucker Carlson speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Feszt on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary.\" class=\"wp-image-19708340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Tucker-Carlson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Tucker-Carlson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Tucker-Carlson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fox News host Tucker Carlson blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for not wearing a cross at the Brooklyn mega-church.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Janos Kummer\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hochul said she couldn\u2019t provide the number of hospital and healthcare workers who haven\u2019t met the state\u2019s Sept. 27 deadline because \u201cwe don\u2019t have the clearest picture right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She blamed the situation on \u201ca lot of people\u201d who were \u201cholding out\u201d until an expected Oct. 12 decision in a federal lawsuit that seeks to add an exemption for workers whose religious beliefs prevent them from getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen that ends, we\u2019ll see the pool of people who will be asked to leave or those who have a conversion, so to speak, and all of a sudden decide it is in the best interest of themselves to get a vaccination,\u201d she said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Kathy Hochul defends calling NYC churchgoers &#8216;my apostles&#8217;&#8221; Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday was pressed by a reporter about a controversial speech at a Brooklyn mega-church where she urged worshippers to act as \u201cmy apostles\u201d and proselytize on behalf of COVID-19 vaccinations. 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