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Nithya Raman shows appalling judgment in ‘fascist’ video against LAPD

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Nithya Raman appears to think she is running for mayor of Antifa, not mayor of LA. There’s no other explanation for her latest attack on her opponent — and the police.

As The California Post has reported, Raman’s campaign posted, then deleted, a video in which she appears to call Mayor Karen Bass and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell “fascists.” The video also shows McDonnell with a red “X” over his face.

It’s reminiscent of the graffiti scrawled on local businesses and government buildings during the George Floyd riots of 2020, or the anti-ICE riots of 2025.

The rioters are her constituency.

That’s the message she’s sending by calling McDonnell a “fascist.” Does she even know what that means?

Fascism is an extremist ideology that calls for totalitarian rule under a dictator who controls every aspect of society.

It is often associated with racism and antisemitism. In the 20th Century, it gave the world Italian dictatorship — and the Nazi Holocaust.

Not that socialism has a much better record.........

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