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Conservatives slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul for wearing a headscarf during a visit to an Islamic center in New York City over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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The Democratic governor wore a charcoal gray suit and a black scarf mirroring those many Muslim women don to symbolize modesty and their religious faith, according to a clip of the appearance at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York in Queens.<\/p>\n

Hochul addressed the congregants during the weekly Friday Jummah prayer service, giving a shout out to \u201chis excellency\u201d Tareq Albanai \u2014 the United Nation\u2019s permanent representative for Kuwait \u2014 thanking him for welcoming her to \u201cbe part of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The center later thanked her for addressing the congregation and touring its school facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer visit was a meaningful recognition of the role ICCS plays in New York as a community partner serving and bringing together New Yorkers from across our diverse city and state.\u201d<\/p>\n

But some right-wing critics seized on the appearance.<\/p>\n

\u201cA self-described feminist voluntarily wearing a hijab to not offend\/arouse Muslim men. Oh, the irony,\u201d wrote swimmer and women\u2019s sports activist Riley Gaines.<\/p>\n

GOP Texas Congressman Brandon Gill also propped up the photo opp to accuse Dems of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats: \u2018Sexist Republicans are turning America in to the Handmaid\u2019s Tale!\u2019 Also Democrats:\u201d he wrote on X, with the photo appearing directly underneath.<\/p>\n

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Republican CNN anchor Scott Jennings shared a video of Hochul addressing the Islamic center in an X post dripping with sarcasm.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans need to stop this theocratic Handmaid\u2019s Tale bullcrap \u2026 wait being told this is the Democratic Governor of New York,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Others brought up that the appearance took place just weeks before the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwenty-five years after 9\/11, New York\u2019s governor is donning a hijab and New York City\u2019s mayor believes that people spontaneously combusted on 9\/11. Great job, New Yorkers!\u201d Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro fumed, referring to previous statements Mayor Zohran Mamdani has posted about the 9\/11 anniversary.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not out of the ordinary for prominent women, including politicians, to wear hijabs as a show of respect at Muslim-faith events \u2014 with Hillary Clinton, former first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush, ex-South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and even first daughter Ivanka Trump all having covered up while holding audiences with Islamic leaders and dignitaries.<\/p>\n

The episode echoes Hochul taking heat from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who knocked her for wearing a headscarf at the July 2025 funeral of slain NYPD Detective Didarul Islam, who was Muslim, posting a photo of her in a hijab with the caption \u201cUm, wut?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hochul sniped back, telling the New York Times \u201crespecting a grieving family\u2019s faith is \u2018wut\u2019 leaders and anyone with basic decency would do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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