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Hate is on the ballot this November — can Los Angeles pass the test?

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How far will the socialist antisemite wave roll in America? The Los Angeles mayoral race will be a key test.

Surging candidate Nithya Raman just proved she’s at least as bad as New York’s Zohran Mamdani at a Q&A in front of a largely Jewish audience at the Skirball Cultural Center.

The forum covered issues of interest to the city in general, but also to a Jewish community that has endured a wave of antisemitic attacks; Mayor Karen Bass, appearing separately, was terrible too — but Raman took the cake.

Asked if she regrets doing a podcast hosted by Hasan Piker, an antisemite who said America deserved 9/11, Raman demurred, claiming she has a duty “to speak on different platforms” to reach........

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