Trump blasts Hochul for blaming him for Long Island Rail Road strike 67%

5/16/2026, 12:11:02 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 17.3% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 905 faulty-reasoning hits from 533 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 60.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (7,374 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 66.30% of the article peer group.

President Donald Trump fired back at New York Governor Kathy Hochul for blaming him and his administration for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Strike. 
At 12:01 a.m. local time on Saturday, over 3,500 workers across five unions, including engineers, ticket clerks, signalmen, electricians and machinists, walked off the job after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) failed to make an agreement with them to raise their wages. 
The MTA warned a raise would force fare increases. 
More than 330,000 Long Island commuters will now need to find alternative transportation or start working from home, according to Fox News. 
Hochul (D-N.Y.) made a statement on Saturday praising her own investments in the LIRR, which she claimed is “more stable now than it has been for generations.” 
She condemned the unions’ demands and strike, as well as Trump’s alleged involvement. 
“The disruption that Long Islanders face starting tonight is the direct result of reckless actions by the Trump Administration to cut mediation short and push these negotiations toward a strike,” she stated. 
Trump contended in a Truth Social post on Saturday that he had not been aware of the issue before the strike over the weekend. 
“Failed New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, a Dumacrat, just blamed ME for her Long Island Railroad STRIKE, when she knows, full well, that I have NOTHING TO DO WITH IT  never even heard about it until this morning. 
She just blurted out, ‘it’s President Trump’s fault,’” he wrote. 
“No, Kathy, it’s your fault, and now looking over the facts, you should not have allowed this to happen. 
If you can’t solve it, let me know, and I’ll show you how to properly get things done.” 
“This would be an easy one for BRUCE BLAKEMAN. 
He should be your next Governor and New York State would turn around fast, including far less Crime, and much lower taxes!!! 
Kathy, call me if you can’t do it, I will get it done,” he added. 
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is the only Republican candidate running for governor of New York to replace Hochul. 
He also responded to Hochul’s formal statement. 
“Governor Hochul’s incompetence in handling labor relation from nurses to corrections officers and now railroad workers puts the safety of everyday New Yorkers in jeopardy,” he asserted. 
“Blaming the LIRR strike on President Trump is so disingenuous it is laughable. 
Hochul runs the MTA and she alone bears responsibility for the disruption of services.” 
The LIRR issued a warning that service is indefinitely suspended due to the large strike. 
“Avoid nonessential travel and work from home if possible. 
We will have limited shuttle bus service on weekdays for essential workers and those who cannot telecommute,” the LIRR posted on X overnight. 
The New York Mets said it will provide additional Citi Field Direct Shuttle service from Roosevelt Field and Walt Whitman Shops, as well as new shuttle routes from the Manhasset LIRR Station serving the Port Washington Line area, to help Long Islanders excited to watch the Mets vs. 
Yankees Subway Series games this weekend. 
It will also dispatch shuttles from the Bronx, Staten Island and New Jersey. 
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533 words analyzed.

Speakers

7speakers80%attributed speech104writer words
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Writer's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 42 words • 0.0% coverageMetropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) • 9 words • 0.0% coverageFox News • 22 words • 0.0% coverageKathy Hochul • 27 words • 100.0% coverageKathy Hochul • 13 words • 0.0% coverageKathy Hochul • 32 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 24 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 40 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 10 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 19 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 18 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 9 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 22 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageBruce Blakeman • 7 words • 0.0% coverageBruce Blakeman • 27 words • 0.0% coverageBruce Blakeman • 13 words • 0.0% coverageBruce Blakeman • 14 words • 100.0% coverageLong Island Rail Road (LIRR) • 15 words • 0.0% coverageLong Island Rail Road (LIRR) • 9 words • 0.0% coverageLong Island Rail Road (LIRR) • 23 words • 0.0% coverageNew York Mets • 48 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageNew York Mets • 13 words • 100.0% coverage
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Bruce Blakeman

89%flagged-word coverage
61 attributed words14% of attributed speech30% writer coverage
0%12.5%25.0%Biased Writer Voice+23.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Bruce Blakeman: 23.0%23.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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