Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile labor leader.
During the meeting, which was attended by Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, De León repeatedly called Bonin the council’s “fourth Black member” and appeared to compare Bonin’s handling of his child to Martinez holding a Louis Vuitton handbag.“We love our son, a beautiful, joyful child, and our family is hurting today,” said Bonin, in a joint statement with his husband, Sean Arian.
“I hope she’ll do the right thing and demand for their accountability and renounce the endorsement of those who used hate speech,” he said. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón also weighed in on the scandal. In the recording, Martinez used a profanity to refer to Gascón, saying he is “with the Blacks.”
The Times contacted every member of the City Council, several of whom did not respond or declined comment. O’Farrell said Martinez should step down from the presidency but did not say she should leave elected office. “Their apology for using terms such as ‘little monkey’ to describe an African American youth, for instance, promotes and reinforces the vilest stereotypes of African Americans is not enough,” he said.
Vile woman.
Im disappointed cause I wanted De Leon to take over from Pelosi 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
LA City Council Pres. & all involved Councilmembers should immediately resign. Recordings published by show where your heart and mind are, and both are corroded with the rust of racism and hate. Overt racism has no place in political discourse. RickCallender NAACP
VOTE THEM OUT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICANS
A democrat, a sociopath, and a communist walk into a restaurant. Table for one please.
This is absolutely disgusting. They need to resign ASAP.
Not just Nury, the other two have to go as well.
Nury martinez wished she could take the child behind a bush a give him a 'beatdown'?!?!? What the heck How sick is this woman? Resigning the presidency is not enough she needs to resign her council seat immediately.
And then you have Caruso?
Three Democrats…
it was disgusting, racist, and likely fueled by homophobia, all caught on the tape should resign and leave public life.
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