THEY MUST ALL GO -- Biden calls for racist LA City Council members to resign
By Mona Austin White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday that president Joe Biden wants every Los Angeles City Council member who participated in a racist discussion to resign. Head of the City Council Nury Martinez resigned as council president after pressure and protests, but has not stepped down from her elected role. “I take responsibility for what I said, and there are no excuses for those comments. I’m so sorry,” Nury Martinez, the council president, said in a statement on Monday announcing that she would resign. “As a mother, I know better and I am sorry. I am truly ashamed.’ Martinez is on a leave of absence currently. A reporter asked in a press briefing how Biden who has spoken out against racism felt about an elected official being caught on tape using racist language. Martinez ridiculed a White co-worker for The Los Angeles Times exposed leaked audio of the inappropriate comments, leading to several other Democr...