Biden Calls for LA City Council Members to Resign Over Racist Remarks
After racist leaked recording, Los Angeles City Council president takes leave; Biden calls for resignations
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.
Biden Presses L.A. Council Members to Quit Amid Backlash from Leaked Audio
President Joe Biden said he believes that Democrat and former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez should resign from city council following a leaked audio recording where the councilwoman made racist remarks about a colleague's son.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday during a press briefing that the president has been following the situation in Los Angeles and that he was glad that "one of the participants in that conversation has resigned, but they all should."
Biden calls for LA City Council members caught on tape making racist remarks to step down
President Biden has called on embattled Los Angeles Councilwoman Nury Martinez and other council members present when she made racist remarks to step down, the White House said.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden believes “they all should” resign in light of the Martinez’s comments where she called a colleague’s young black son “that little monkey” in Spanish.