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Woke wannabe LA mayor melts down on air, snaps at reporter after bungling basic facts — including her own age
NY Post ^ | 01/20/2026 | Jamie Paige

Posted on 01/20/2026 10:04:17 AM PST by DFG

A Democratic Socialists of America member vying to be Los Angeles’ own Zohran Mamdani went off the rails on live radio — lashing out at a reporter while bungling basic questions, including getting her own age wrong.

The tense clash erupted during a sit-down with KNX News when mayoral hopeful Rae Huang tangled with veteran City Hall reporter Craig Fiegener — growing increasingly frustrated as he pressed her on key issues such as taxes and policing, according to audio of the exchange obtained by The Post.

The fireworks started almost immediately, as Huang hyped the “Overpaid CEO Tax” — a proposed ballot measure to dramatically hike taxes on top-earning business executives — saying the money would be routed into housing.

“We will be benefiting off of these CEO taxes,” Huang said. “We need to make sure that this money, from our CEOs, our billionaires, goes into housing, which we desperately need here in Los Angeles.”

Fiegener pressed for specifics. “How are you going to do it?” he asked. “It’s not cheap — where is our money going right now?”

“Our money is going into band-aid solutions,” Huang replied.

Asked to name those solutions, Huang pointed at law enforcement.

“One of them is, for example, the police,” she said. “The LAPD just doubled their staff without the city allow — without the city approval.”

Fiegener corrected her, noting the Los Angeles Police Department has not doubled in size.

City leaders are currently debating whether to fund roughly 240 additional officers — and even that proposal remains uncertain.

But Huang didn’t retreat.

She accused the department of “going rogue” and claimed there was “no accountability” in local government — despite acknowledging moments earlier that authority at City Hall was divided among the mayor, City Council, controller and city attorney.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: california; craigfiegener; defundthepolice; democratcorruption; democratincompetence; dsa; jamiepaige; knxnews; lapd; libidiots; losangeles; newyorkpost; overpaidceotax; professionalliar; raehuang

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1 posted on 01/20/2026 10:04:17 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

She seems similar to Boston’s Mayor Wu.

How do we get these people?


2 posted on 01/20/2026 10:07:11 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: DFG

Absolutely no education in economics. Taxing the rich will make the flee, eventually y ou will have to lower the threshold.


3 posted on 01/20/2026 10:08:25 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: DFG

Get ready for more of these public meltdowns as the generation of coddled, young, Woke, self-righteous politicians comes of age to take over. None have had to debate their positions or respond to hard questions.


4 posted on 01/20/2026 10:10:03 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: DFG

What’s your favorite color ?


5 posted on 01/20/2026 10:10:18 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: DFG

The further off the rails she goes the greater her chances of getting elected. The voters in some of our largest cities obviously support buffoonery, lying, hypocrisy, and a lack of experience/qualifications for the job. Its as if competence and integrity are viewed as negatives.


6 posted on 01/20/2026 10:10:19 AM PST by Starboard
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To: DFG

“Overpaid CEO tax,” Sound great, I’m sure there are a few of those left in LA, for now at least.


7 posted on 01/20/2026 10:10:30 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: DFG

As always, from the M*A*S*H episode “The General Flipped at Dawn”:
Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele: You’re insubordinate!
Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce: Right!
Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele: You’re insolent!
Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce: Right! And you’re nuts!


8 posted on 01/20/2026 10:10:37 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DFG

“Our” billionaires?


9 posted on 01/20/2026 10:11:47 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: DFG

You’re not allowed to criticize the commissars. Instead, you must praise them for their insight. I think Karl Marx first said that. Or maybe it was Barack Obama.


10 posted on 01/20/2026 10:14:00 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: DownInFlames

Normally, a taxing authority can get away with more if it is impractical or impossible to move the revenue generating asset (e.g. mining, skyscraper, fishing, oil drilling). The fact that California has managed to make existing oil refining so difficult that the refiners shut down shows how crazy they are.


11 posted on 01/20/2026 10:14:55 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DFG

“”The fireworks started almost immediately, as Huang hyped the “Overpaid CEO Tax” — a proposed ballot measure to dramatically hike taxes on top-earning business executives — saying the money would be routed into housing. “”””

Why not propose a massive tax on all those pro athletes in California that make millions of dollars? How would that fly?


12 posted on 01/20/2026 10:16:13 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Starboard
competence and integrity are viewed as negatives.

Competence and integrity are seen as "acting white". And, you know, nobody wants that.

13 posted on 01/20/2026 10:20:14 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“How do we get these people?”

University educated women voters and feminized men.


14 posted on 01/20/2026 10:20:45 AM PST by dljordan (Yeah, I'm a Boomer and it's all my fault you whiny little bitch.)
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To: DFG

HUGE pet peeve: I can’t stand it when an article is posted with an alleged video and you can’t find the video in the article. I’m not going to watch 3 different things hoping it’s what I’m looking for, including something titled ‘today’s headlines’

(not taking the OP to task; just something that ticks me off :))


15 posted on 01/20/2026 10:22:25 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
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The exchange grew sharper when Fiegener turned to Huang’s qualifications to run the nation’s second-largest city.

“I’m a neighbor here in Los Angeles. I’m a mother here in Los Angeles. I’m a community organizer here in Los Angeles,” Huang said. “I’ve been here for over 10 years organizing with our community members. That should be a résumé enough.”

Pure applesauce.

16 posted on 01/20/2026 10:23:14 AM PST by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: DFG

Perhaps we mere peons are not supposed to question these socialist types, on how they plan to do things if elected?


17 posted on 01/20/2026 10:24:00 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Very true. However these lowlifes are managing to get elected and find that they are being held unaccountable by most of the media and the uneducated simplistic people who elected them. The mismanagement and fraud becomes embedded. Federal law enforcement and the parsing of Federal funding is the only real obstacle they face. If the Democrats retake Congress the decay will turn into real rot.


18 posted on 01/20/2026 10:24:06 AM PST by allendale
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To: dljordan

As I’ve already said, the Democrat Party is a party of women and men who want to be women.


19 posted on 01/20/2026 10:26:46 AM PST by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: DFG

Why would they ask a commie anything? We already know...


20 posted on 01/20/2026 10:33:10 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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