ExNew York State Sen. Alessandra Biagi faced online backlash after a New York City man on X, upset over the new crowdfunding tool, “got over it.”
Baggi was responding to a video posted on one’s X on Monday. Upper East Side The resident, identified in the post as Andrew, explained how the crowd would have affected him personally. is, discussing how he had to “pay $9 to get around the block,” adding that “Manhattan residents Something needs to be resolved.”
“Lord Jesus, get over it,” was Biagi’s response to X.
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Biaggi’s response prompted an immediate backlash from users on X, with many feeling that his response was insensitive.
“What are you worth Baggie and why do you hate working people so much?” asked one user.
“‘Get over it you poor thing!’ – Alessandra Baggi,” quipped another.
Another user replied, “Not everyone has the money to afford it. How are people going to ‘get over it?’
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Then-state Sen. Alessandra Biagi near the “Needle Threading a Button” statue in Manhattan on February 12, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Biagi’s post-X posts were filled with “get over it” comments from users reminding the former senator that his comment didn’t sit well with him.
The former senator previously faced backlash online for his comments on X about his own student loan interest rates in 2023. However, in the year before that, Biagi bought one. A $1.14 million dollar home in Bayford, New York.
When asked for comment by Fox News Digital, Biagi replied, “Our subways are an innovative financing solution. Anyone who rides a subway knows that they are in desperate need of updates. There is a need for funding that should have happened sooner.”
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“If New Yorkers want to be angry about something, this should be,” Biagi added. [New York Gov. Kathy] Hochul is allowing. Andrew Cuomo to spend millions of New York taxpayers’ money retaliating against their trusted sexual assault victims.”