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13 October
5:42 pm

Kathy Hochul said the black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is.

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Bruce Blakeman, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)

5:42 pm
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Why we checked itBlakeman attributes a specific quote or statement to Governor Hochul — if she never said this or said something materially different, this is a significant misrepresentation of a public figure.
What we foundKathy Hochul did make a public statement saying Black kids growing up in the Bronx don't know what the word 'computer' is, which was widely documented and subsequently acknowledged by Hochul herself.
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