Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail in New York on Thursday, warning voters that the outcome of the midterm elections on Tuesday would have “far-ranging” consequences should the GOP prevail in the Empire State.
Seeking to provide a boost to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), Clinton, a former U.S. senator from the state who received the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 and lost to Donald Trump in the general election, told New Yorkers that every issue is on the ballot next week and that Hochul’s race pitted two divergent sets of priorities against each other.
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“This election on Tuesday is one that will have such far-ranging repercussions,” Clinton said. “It’s not just a choice between two candidates — it’s a choice between two very different ideas.”
Clinton was comparing the record of Hochul, the first woman to become governor of New York, to the issues prioritized by GOP rival Lee Zeldin. Hochul has centered her campaign on issues such as gun control after a shooting in her state in May killed 10 people in Buffalo and abortion access following the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
“Of course they want to turn back the clock on abortion,” Clinton said. “They spent 50 years trying to make that happen.”
Clinton also claimed that a Republican governor such as Zeldin would target Social Security and Medicare.
The speech occurred at a women’s rally at Barnard College, a historically female private university. Hochul, Vice President Kamala Harris, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were all slated to appear at the event.
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“We cannot sit it out. We cannot stand by the sidelines,” James, who is also running for reelection, said, adding that “the right to make decisions about our bodies [and] the ability to have basic healthcare” hang in the balance.
Hochul still maintains a polling lead over Zeldin as the race makes its final turn ahead of the election Tuesday, though the margin has tightened in recent weeks, according to a RealClearPolitics average.
