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Dem Governor Literally Pardoned a Convicted
Killer to Protect Him from Deportation

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 8/18/2025 6:27:06 AM

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has outdone herself. At a time when violent crime, illegal immigration, and public safety dominate national concerns, the governor of New York decided her top priority was granting clemency to an illegal immigrant with a manslaughter conviction. Yes, you read that correctly. Hochul pardoned Somchith Vatthanavong, a 52-year-old illegal immigrant who was convicted as a teenager of killing a man in a Brooklyn pool hall. By offering him a pardon, Hochul effectively cleared the path for him to stay in the United States and avoid deportation. Vatthanavong shot and killed a man outside that pool hall in 1990. He called it self-defense.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: MissGrits 8/18/2025 7:15:20 AM (No. 1992097)
If he's illegal, he's ILLEGAL! Send him home!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Tom Paine 8/18/2025 7:39:43 AM (No. 1992106)
hochul has an Anti-American and Criminal attitude. She has no shame. What a horrible person.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Hazymac 8/18/2025 7:43:00 AM (No. 1992107)
Tar, feathers
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Reply 4 - Posted by: BirdsNest 8/18/2025 8:08:24 AM (No. 1992118)
Time for some other form of justice.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 8/18/2025 9:22:31 AM (No. 1992137)
Had enough?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Kafka2 8/18/2025 10:36:18 AM (No. 1992174)
This is in keeping with Democrat policy. Protect criminal illegals who harm US citizens from the law. It is deplorable but no surprise.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: felixcat 8/18/2025 10:37:41 AM (No. 1992175)
Hmmm. An illegal alien somehow acquired a handgun....
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Reply 8 - Posted by: earlybird 8/18/2025 10:46:55 AM (No. 1992182)
I don't believe her bogus pardon can cover more than the state crime. He is still illegal,, a federal crime. Send him back to Laos.
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