::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

  Press secretary Karine Jean Pierre said  that President Joe Biden wants every City Council member in Los Angeles who participated in a racist discussion to resign. Head of the City Council Nury Martinez resigned as council president  after pressure and protest, but as ot 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. In a conversation with other council members she said a white co-worker’s adopted Black child was behaving like a monkey in Spanish.   The press secretary said despite the Councilwoman being a Democrat President Biden felt her remarks were ‘appalling.’   "He believes that they all should resign,"Jean-Pierre said. "The language that was used ...

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...