Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin responded to Nury Martinez's racist remarks she made about his Black son during a 2021 meeting.
RELATED: Los Angeles official Nury Martinez resigns after racist remarks
Leaked audio of a conversation between some of Los Angeles' top political players that included racist remarks has cascaded into multiple resignations that came to a head during a rowdy – and at times chaotic – city council meeting Wednesday.
The audio sent shockwaves through the city, which is known as a liberal hub with trendsetting progressive policies, and across the nation — even reaching the White House. At a press conference Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden believes all those heard on the leaked audio should resign and be held accountable for their actions and speech.
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez announced Tuesday she is taking a "leave of absence" from the council two days after audio leaked of her racist remarks in a meeting last October, the Los Angeles Times reported. Nury and Ron Herrera, the president of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, both resigned from their presidency positions on Monday, according to the Times.
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They were protesting Mike a year ago telling him to resign, oh how the crowd shifts.
The masses are fickle sheep.
That doesn’t suddenly make their comments okay though lmao
He can still go 👋
Well he’s a victim now. California loves victims.
@Rick Stevenson 😂
I watched the whole thing and guess what I just don’t care at all
but you watched the wholllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thing!🤠
Probably because there was nothing offensive being said.
Salvador is a bot account
@paintup46 no it’s just that there’s much more important things to be focused on than this garbage I don’t care about feelings
OK, so who called who a breakfast taco?
Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
@Darth Vader ummm. Wrong answer?
@Darth Vader Found the insurrectionist.
@Maximillian Hallett Jupiter Paulsen.
@Hingle McCringleberry Ghost_of_Colin_Flaherty videos on Gab.
“trashy people”. But, they elected her and all the others, and put them in authority. This is what they voted for.
Shouldn’t be allowed to resign and collect benefits, oust them and make them lose everything.
Russia should study the 2 ways the US ended the war with Japan quickly. Russia should then do the same thing. They could even write on the side of the devices the names of the 2 Japanese cities with “We learned this strategy from the US.”
No mention of this lady’s political affiliation lmao.
😄 this gets better All the time
Democrats don’t like when the chickens come home to roost
As a Hispanic this racism is way more common then we think
@David Penn She didnt! She referred to him as “like a monkey” m in the same breath she was describing him jumping all over the float and hanging off the rails. It’s the ignorant people who immediately think of race cuz that’s all they understand anymore.
@Another Generic Gamer “hes with the blacks” yeah ok
The President should listen to his own words an resign himself.
So what did she say? Why was that omitted? It was kind of an important part of the story.
@Justin Morgan The first part seems pretty accurate. It’s working like a charm so far.
Great question . You would think that would be the most important thing to include , the fact that they don’t tells me it’s not racist .
She called the black adopted son of a fellow city council member a little monkey because he was acting up while on a parade float. Comparing any African American to a monkey is considered racist.
The derogatory comments are so disappointing.
I’m thinking all those council members should resign AND move BACK (yea yea.. I know) to Mexico.. Hows dem apples!!
2022 and people are still holding hostilities about a person’s skin hue ! Does the entire sum of a person’s being resides in the coloring of their skin !?
Bot account
She didn’t do that. She called him out for treating his kid like an accessory, not disciplining him, and explained how the kid was jumping around and hanging off the float “like a monkey”.
Battle of the victims! Who can claim to be the biggest victim and stay in office?! 😂
What’s a breakfast taco?
Playing on emotions?
It’s no buggy until it’s them
I listened to the gross words from her mouth, not good! She’s talking about behavior, wish she’d focus on the behavior they’ve thrown tax dollars at, money created the streets
Biggy
Mike really is playing this up those tears are political gold
Nury Martinez makes $209K a year plus benefits, so that is why she has not resigned. She is on leave, paid leave.
Don’t think so much. There is a solution. Take everything away from the rich and divide it among the poor.