New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) appeared stunned on Wednesday to learn from reporters that rapper Nicki Minaj called her an “evil woman” on social media and demanded she resign, spending a few beats in silence before firing back at the MAGA darling.
“Well, maybe she oughta get outside and get offline a little more,” said Hochul. “And stop going to Trump rallies; it’s kinda poisoning your mind.”
Hochul was campaigning with local elected officials and union leaders at the Polish American Citizens Club in Albany when she took questions from reporters, one of whom said, “I wanted to ask you about a tweet that was just posted by Nicki Minaj.”
Minaj wrote Wednesday afternoon on X, “Kathy Hochul is an evil woman. The Democratic Party should forfeit her seat because even if she wins, she will be of great consequence to them. Downward spiral for her. She will not escape God’s wrath.”
The New York rapper added, “She did not denounce evil when she had the chance.”
Minaj has not only become a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump in recent years, but has also joined him at a Michigan midterms rally Sunday and has even been floated to become the new White House press secretary by communications director Steven Cheung.
Minaj, who was born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad and Tobago, wasn’t always a Trump fan.
The “Super Bass” singer said in 2018 that she was an “illegal immigrant” when she moved to New York City as a child, and noted in a 2020 interview that his policy of separating children from their guardians at the border didn’t make her eager to “jump on the Donald Trump bandwagon.”
Minaj, whose brother Jelani Maraj was found guilty in 2020 of predatory sexual assault against his 11-year-old stepdaughter, and whose husband Kenneth Petty pleaded guilty in 1995 to first-degree attempted rape, has since become a MAGA darling.
Minaj recently urged Fox News viewers to “vote red” in the midterms and has endorsed Hochul’s Trump-endorsed gubernatorial opponent Bruce Blakeman (R), who wrote on X Wednesday, “Nicki, I’ve got the U-Haul ready. It’s time to fire the worst governor in America.”
Minaj continued railing against Hochul on Wednesday by sharing a clip on X of her stating in 2024 that there are “Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” a comment Hochul apologized for and attempted to clarify at the time.
A Siena University poll released Wednesday of likely New York state voters shows Hochul leading Blakeman by 14 points. It also shows 68% of voters believe Hochul will win the election, including 40% of polled Republicans.