Attacks on Democrats like Ritchie Torres’ appeal to his own party caused a stir in New York.

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., is considering running for governor of New York. And he is building a national reputation with his sweeping criticisms of leaders in his party.

Torres spoke out against the blue-collar stronghold’s progressive criminal justice policies. And criticism of the way Gov. Kathy Hochul is running the Empire State has raised eyebrows about a potentially bruising event in 2026.

“Hochul has a history of coded stereotyping. Claiming that Bronze-skinned children have never heard the word ‘Computer’ first, she knows as much about me and the black community as I do. with what she knows about effective government,” he wrote in X last week.

He was also one of the first Democrats. who came out to blame the progressive left for Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat to President Trump. Saying at the time, “Donald Trump has no greater friend to the far left. which is manageable The Democratic Party’s destruction of historic numbers of Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and Jews.”

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Representative Ritchie Torres speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the FTX collapse in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 13, 2022. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When receiving feedback A spokesperson for Torres told Fox News Digital that he is weighing a gubernatorial bid. “And plan to make a final decision by mid-2025.”

The congressman himself gave some insight into his thinking when he recently went after New York City Mayor Eric Adams. for hiring employees who were accused of tearing down posters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas.

“If I were at the helm of the NYS or NYC government, it wouldn’t necessarily be anti-Semitic. The tearing down of hostage posters is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Torres wrote on social media.

In late November He accused both Adams and Hochul of They “conspired” in the stabbing spree that left three New Yorkers dead.

That same month He blamed New York’s policies for being bad for business.

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Torres takes aim at Gov. Kathy Hochul with criticism (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“There are regulations that make it impossible to do business… And it makes it impossible to build,” Torres said during a Citizens Budget Committee meeting, according to the New York Post.

Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., who has been chairman of the New York State Republican Party for more than a decade, said it was not shocking to see Torres attack Hochul while considering the governor’s proposal. his own state

“Richie Torres is expressing many of the same criticisms that Republicans have raised about the dysfunction in Albany. So it is not surprising that she is facing challenges from her own party,” Langworthy said.

However, he dismisses Torres’s criticism of progressivism as a Trump’s platform “persists in the face of Hochul’s failures and undeniable successes”

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Rep. Nick Langworthy, former New York State GOP chairman, said Torres was echoing criticisms supported by Republicans. (Getty Images)

Torres was a member of Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) until earlier this year When he left the conflict about Israel

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When asked about Torres’ criticism, Hochul said at a recent press conference that she has been “a little busy” with her work.

“Those who have government jobs who are not focused on their work. And focusing on elections that have been on hold for almost two years, I think their voters are going to have a problem with that,” she said.