Progressive Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman could not keep her composure on Tuesday night.
In one instance at least, the reason was understandable. But in her account of what happened to her once-promising campaign, the Harvard graduate appeared insulated from reality.
As slow-incoming election results diminished Raman’s odds of advancing to November’s Los Angeles mayoral runoff, the councilwoman delivered a nonsensical diatribe against “powerful forces” and “dark” MAGA, which, she insisted, came together to defeat her.
While speaking to supporters, Raman insisted that her political vision “threatens some very powerful forces.”
She then proceeded to conjure the usual progressive bugbears: corporations and political insiders, presumably hostile to her noble purposes.
Of course, she wouldn’t be a leftist in 2026 if she didn’t also blame President Donald Trump’s supporters.
“And then came the MAGA machine,” she said moments later. “They saw an opportunity in Los Angeles to buy a foothold in our beautiful city to advance a dark agenda, they poured money in from all over the country, [and] they brought the right-wing media, the political ecosystem to bear, and attempted to infuse our city with hate, with fear, and with cruelty, but we said no.”
Readers may watch the speech here.
Raman and her supporters might have said no, but voters apparently said yes.
According to projections from various outlets, Republican Spencer Pratt appeared poised to advance to November’s mayoral runoff against incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, best known for her dreadful response to the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires.
Raman can blame MAGA and money all she wants. But for true accountability, she needs to start by looking in the mirror.
According to the betting market Kalshi, Raman’s odds of winning the Los Angeles mayoral race stood at 50.7 percent as recently as the evening of May 6. By the early hours of May 7, her odds had fallen to 29.4 percent. And by May 8, she had fallen behind Pratt into third place.
What happened? On May 6, Pratt dominated a three-way mayoral debate against Bass and Raman, whereas the councilwoman stumbled.
Raman never recovered. Aside from her terrible progressive ideas, she offered nothing besides shopworn leftist epithets, telling a fellow leftist podcaster shortly after the debate that she considered Pratt a harbinger of “fascism.”
Of course, Raman is also a mother of two children. Some outlets and some conservatives on social media have mocked her for tearing up Tuesday night while speaking to and about her son and daughter. We will not do that here.
Nithya Raman walked out to her campaign funeral in literal tears last night
She can’t hide her disappointment at the red wave that showed out in LA Mayoral race
Angelenos are taking their city back from the grip of incompetence. pic.twitter.com/8q1ybdgQmG
— Danny De Urbina (@dannydeurbina) June 3, 2026
We will, however, mock her crazy opposition to keeping homeless encampments at least 500 feet away from schools.
LA Mayor candidate Nithya Raman has publicly said:
“I don’t think a kid is gonna be safer because a tent is 500 feet away from a school”.
3 days ago a FAKE encampment was set up outside her home, a visibly shaken Raman said:
“I have two little kids. They didn’t see it, luckily… pic.twitter.com/198V0EIb3q— Clyp Keeper (@DGrayTexas45) May 31, 2026
Likewise, we will mock her opposition to immigration enforcement.
Furthermore, we applaud a clever poet on the social media platform X, who mocked Raman’s Ivy League education and the detached smugness it often produces.
The other day I was feeling sorry for Nithya so I wrote this poem.
Farewell Nithya…
There once was a girl named Nithya so bright,
Living safe in her bubble, shielded from light.
She went off to school, filled her head with pure theory,
Books full of ideas, both noble and weary.… https://t.co/19lyzcfOwt— Barry L.A. (@plcfox1) June 3, 2026
In short, Los Angeles voters dodged a proverbial bullet by rejecting this delusional child of privilege.
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