New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who wore a headscarf to a Muslim police officer’s funeral, swatted back this weekend at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who seemed to mock her in a tweet.
“I wore a headscarf to honor a fallen Muslim NYPD officer at his funeral,” Hochul wrote Saturday on X, formerly Twitter. “Respecting a grieving family’s faith is ‘wut’ leaders and anyone with basic decency would do.”
Hochul’s post was in response to Cruz, who on Friday reposted a photo of Hochul at the funeral with the caption, “Um, wut?”
Social media users pointed out Cruz’s hypocrisy, and they dug up a photo of Cruz in 2016 wearing a yarmulke as he campaigned at the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach in New York.
After Hochul’s response, Cruz responded, writing, “I agree. You should wear a hijab every day because you are so damn decent. Never mind the rights of women in New York…not your concern.”
It’s unclear what Cruz meant by his “rights of women in New York” comment, and his office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hochul had attended the funeral of NYPD officer Didarul Islam, who was killed in last week’s mass shooting in Manhattan. The gunman shot and killed four people in the skyscraper that houses the NFL headquarters before he took his own life.
Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.