Get “on” your game, Kat!
Gov. Kathy Hochul is getting roasted for saying she spent the day “in” Long Island — a gaffe that’s like nails on a chalkboard on the Queens side of the Whitestone.
The Democratic governor, who was raised upstate, made the mistake of using “in” instead of the preferred “on” in a since-deleted social media post that was preserved by a reporter and Long Islander who called it a “rookie mistake.”
“I spent the day in Long Island talking with seniors, small business owners, and families,” the governor said in a post on X. “The conversations I had all came back to one thing: Prices are too high. New Yorkers need relief — and we’re delivering it.”
Hochul later reposted the message saying “on Long Island,” but she was already “in” trouble with Long Islanders.
“One more reason Long Island needs to secede!” on spicy X user said.
“Tell me you don’t know anything about Long Island without telling me you don’t know anything about Long Island, Kathy,” another quipped.
“Bet she asks for extra mayo on the pastrami,” another user posted alongside a facepalm emoji.
One user said although the faux pas was “a little thing” it spoke volumes about how “little she cares about the state she’s running.”
The Democratic governor’s Republican rival, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, also piled on. The two are set to face off in the November election.
“It’s ON Long Island, Kathy,” Blakeman posted on X. “But thanks to your taxes and sky high utility bills, fewer families can afford to stay here ON Long Island.”
A Hochul spokesperson fired back at Blakeman, who accepted the GOP nomination to run for governor on Wednesday.
“If Mr. Blakeman thinks the biggest issue facing Long Island is a corrected preposition, that says more about his priorities than ours,” spokesperson Gordon Tepper said. “The Governor will keep working on affordability and public safety on Long Island while he focuses on Twitter typos.”
Locals out shopping in Sayville on Thursday laughed at the mixup — but also laughed at anyone who might take the issue too seriously.
“The governor should absolutely know better,” Jeremy Burd said. “But this just a dumb thing to be mad about.”
“Anyone who says ‘in’ Long Island is unfit to be our governor,” joked Port Jefferson resident Will Sussman.
One shopper, Joe, was fine with in or on.
“That’s kind of dumb — you’re on an island, but you’re in a town on an island, so there’s nothing wrong with saying either I don’t think,” he said.
