Woke wannabe LA mayor melts down during radio interview, says she deserves job because she's a MOTHER - then gets her own age wrong
A democratic socialist aiming to become Los Angeles Mayor lashed out at a reporter during an interview while claiming that she deserves the job 'because she's a mother.'
Rae Huang, 43, lost her cool during a radio interview with KNX News reporter Craig Fiegener as she was probed on numerous issues, including budgeting and policing.
Huang declared that she was well-qualified for the job after living and mothering in the area, according to audio obtained by The New York Post.
'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. I've been here for over ten years organizing with our community members,' she said.
'That should be résumé enough.'
Her bold declaration came after Fiegener pressed the mayoral hopeful about solutions for budget difficulties that the city is facing.
Huang began by praising the controversial act set to tax billionaires and said funds raised from the tax would be directed toward housing, the outlet reported.
'We will be benefiting off of these CEO taxes,' she 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.'
Rae Huang, 43, lost her cool during a radio interview with KNX News reporter Craig Fiegener as she was probed on numerous issues including budgeting and policing
Huang, a Democratic Socialists Member, officially announced her campaign in November at the Los Angeles City Hall (pictured, downtown LA)
Huang declared that she was well-qualified for the job after living in the area, as well as being a mother and community organizer in the city
Fiegener queried how Huang would achieve the costly project and asked where the money is currently being funneled.
'Our money is going into band-aid solutions,' Huang said, before clarifying that one of those included the Los Angeles Police Department, according to the Post.
'One of them is, for example, the police,' she began. 'The LAPD just doubled their staff without the city... approval.'
Fiegener, however, told the mayoral hopeful that, in fact, the city's police department had not doubled but was tentatively seeking to add 240 officers.
Last May, the City Council voted to allow the LAPD to hire 240 recruits within the fiscal year, instead of the 480 requested by Mayor Karen Bass, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Bass sent a letter to council members calling for them to locate funding for the LAPD to hire more officers, as Police Chief Jim McDonnel said at a news conference that having fewer officers would result in a 'public safety crisis.'
Huang, however, was unrelenting in the face of correction from Fiegener.
She accused the department of going 'rogue,' declaring that there has been 'no accountability' in local government,' the Post reported.
Huang accused the department of going 'rogue,' declaring that there has been 'no accountability' in local government'
Huang said the LAPD had doubled their force without approval. Last May, the City Council voted for the LAPD to hire 240 recruits, rather than the 480 suggested by Mayor Karen Bass
Police Chief Jim McDonnel said at a news conference that having fewer officers would result in a 'public safety crisis'
After then defending her credentials as a mother and longtime resident in Los Angeles, Huang was asked how, with 'half the leadership experience' at 'such a large level,' she would be able to handle the role.
'I'm gonna do it,' Huang replied. 'I'm excited to get started.'
The job would require Huang to juggle around a $13 billion city budget and large scale departments that handle substantial amounts of annual funding.
Huang, however, remained confident and compared herself to the recently sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, incorrectly stating that he had no prior experience before taking office.
Fiegener corrected Huang, and said Mamdani had served as a state assemblyman, prompting the Los Angeles mother to accuse the reporter of bias.
'This is exactly the kind of pushback that we from media people like yourself,' she bitterly snapped while interrupting the reporter.
'I'm just asking a question,' Fiegener clarified, defending his position as a reporter by pointing out that constituents deserve anyone seeking office to be thoroughly scrutinized.
As the tense exchange began to wind down, the mayoral hopeful made a final blunder after stating she was 42 years old before correcting herself.
Huang remained confident and compared herself to the recently sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, incorrectly stating that he had no prior experience before taking office
Huang's campaign is running on policies such as Housing for All, fast and free buses, increasing the minimum wage as well as her Real Safety slogan, 'fighting poverty, not the poor'
Huang officially launched her campaign in November at the Los Angeles City Hall.
Her campaign is running on policies such as Housing for All, fast and free buses, increasing the minimum wage and strengthening worker rights as well as her Real Safety slogan, 'fighting poverty, not the poor.'
'Los Angeles can be a city where people stay, not a city they are priced out of. We can build a Los Angeles where families can put down roots, where we protect workers and small businesses, where buses are fast and free, and where public safety means care and prevention,' her campaign site stated.
The Daily Mail reached out to Huang and Fiegener for comment.
