Los Angeles official Nury Martinez has resigned after leaked audio revealed her spewing racist remarks about a fellow council member's Black son.
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The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned Monday after audio leaked of her racist remarks about a colleague's child and Oaxacan immigrants in the city.
Nury Martinez apologized and resigned "effective immediately" in a statement reported by the Los Angeles Times.
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I bet she wishes she didn’t say that out loud.
🤣🤣🤣🤣yep
I’m sure if you dig in the closets of those people marching and shouting you’d find the same kinda stuff.
Eh, everyone’s said things they wouldn’t prefer to repeat for all to hear
@The Hulk Exactly— whatever she’s said that they’re using as an excuse to be self righteous, their crime is already much worse than hers
Thank god, she was one of the most soulless and corrupt going back to the forced mandates. LA city council one of the worst in the country, no wonder nothing changes for the better.
A Snake eating its own tail 🐍
Too bad if Lori Lightfoot and Maxine Waters aren’t held to the same standard.
@Ninnjette Man I laughed so f****** hard over that s*** 🤣👍
John Gotti: Never say anything you don’t want played back to you.
Truth
Wow….that was quick……well hubris is the downfall of many.
All the future politicians right there
It seems like they’ve been doing a great job in the city aside from this. Lol!
Most individuals have made one or a few racist remarks without thinking twice about the end result. But when it comes to state paid politicians making similar remarks, the punishment is harsher. They must understand that they represent individuals with different cultures and ethnicities. Therefore, the tongue must kept under control or better yet, not think about expressing any remarks. Martinez must quit in order to satisfy those that were hurt by her racist remarks. Let it a lesson for others that think that they may be entitled to express such remarks.
@Jesus Malena Once again, those that take advantage of power and believing that they can’t be held accountable, are plain wrong. Wrong is not right, and right is not wrong. There is no implication on anyone with a sense of self confidence or insecurity. The world is for those that are strong and with tenacity of purpose, but yet compassionate for the weak, like a child, elderly or disabled. No one should carry a bag of garbage on their back. Move on and enjoy what life has to offer. Martinez is done and the best thing for her to do is to move on!
@Elijah Hacks cry about it… oh wait
@Always Blue The one crying will be Martinez and others!
@Elijah Hacks yeah wiping off the tears from her eyes with 100 dollar bills
Deleon also needs to go. He only apologized for getting caught
You would never know from USA Today’s reporting, but Martine is a DEMOCRAT. I guess their party affiliation only counts when its a republican.
Can’t believe she lives in the hood too
None of the media reports have mentioned that she’s a Democrat, or even put their (D) next to her name in the banner.
@Miss Demeanor You don’t even watch news.
Don’t really care because who hasn’t said things you wouldn’t prefer to repeat to others
The only thing is elected officials answer to the public and they won’t like it by and large… if she has been sanctimonious and holier than thou about manners in the past then this is karma, but I know nothing about her really
There’s no shortage of supply and demand for racism in this country.
Logic an intelligent professional is not a racist which is complemented by experience is knowing the truth which we all must understand. And agree upon
False title. She did NOT resign from council, she just resigned as president of the council. You guys should clarify that in the title
Fight for what’s right
The entire city government should resign. LA when from a public toilet to a landfill in just the last 5 years, but you get what you vote for when you keep voting for the same party every election cycle 🤷♂️
The Sad part of this Story is in November people will be going in groves to Vote Karen Bass be for Mayor. In Spite of her involvement with Marilyn Flynn and the USC incident. And guess who supports her for Mayor?
It’s no fun being a Racist if occasionally you can’t say Racist things – Nury Martinez, Former Public Servant 2022 🤭😭