Progressive Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman could not keep her composure on Tuesday night.
In one instance at least, the reason was understandable. But in her account of what happened to her once-promising campaign, the Harvard graduate appeared insulated from reality.
Asslow-incomingelection results diminished Raman’s odds of advancing to November’s Los Angeles mayoral runoff, the councilwoman delivered a nonsensical diatribe against “powerful forces” and “dark” MAGA, which, she insisted, came together to defeat her.
While speaking to supporters, Raman insisted that her political vision “threatens some very powerful forces.”
She then proceeded to conjure the usual progressive bugbears: corporations and political insiders, presumably hostile to her noble purposes.
Of course, she wouldn’t be a leftist in 2026 if she didn’t also blame President Donald Trump’s supporters.
“And then came the MAGA machine,” she said moments later. “They saw an opportunity in Los Angeles to buy a foothold in our beautiful city to advance a dark agenda, they poured money in from all over the country, [and] they brought the right-wing media, the political ecosystem to bear, and attempted to infuse our city with hate, with fear, and with cruelty, but we said no.”
Readers may watch the speechhere.
Raman and her supporters might have said no, but voters apparently said yes.
According toprojectionsfrom various outlets, Republican Spencer Pratt appeared poised to advance to November’s mayoral runoff against incumbent Democratic MayorKaren Bass, best known for her dreadful response to the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires.
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