Nithya Raman, the socialist Los Angeles mayoral candidate, was dragged unmercifully after taking to social media to tout a pathetic “infrastructure project.
“The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed! Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer,” Raman posted on X, sharing a photo of the so-called project.
The photo showcases yellow stripes being painted across a “decrepit” road full of cracks. Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin weighed in to offer an assurance that the photo was not some AI-generated crap.
“I [had] to double check to make sure this is real. Yes, the socialist candidate for LA mayor and current member of the LA city council is taking a victory lap for painting a crosswalk over a decrepit road full of cracks,” Melugin shared.
I bad to double check to make sure this is real.
Yes, the socialist candidate for LA mayor and current member of the LA city council is taking a victory lap for painting a crosswalk over a decrepit road full of cracks. https://t.co/Er03wuTIbH
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 27, 2026
Raman was the beneficiary of a highly improbable post-election mail-in ballot surge, emerging from a distant third place to edge out Spencer Pratt, the reality TV figure who decided to run for mayor after his home was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire — Raman appeared to have returned to obscurity after preventing Pratt from challenging Mayor Karen Bass in a November run-off.
At least, until the city councilmember’s moronic post on X.
Speaking of Pratt, he responded thusly: “Holy sh*t, my sides…Nithya Raman’s big accomplishment is taking 9 months to paint 7 yellow stripes over a cracked street? How dumb do you have to be to post this? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
Holy shit, my sides…Nithya Raman’s big accomplishment is taking 9 months to paint 7 yellow stripes over a cracked street?
How dumb do you have to be to post this? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/DRUaUC4EwA— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 27, 2026
Here’s a quick sampling of other responses, as seen on X:
It is worrying that you don’t understand the word infrastructure.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 27, 2026
The DSA in a nutshell. Everything in America is getting worse, but the socialist Democrats will hire a few foreigners to make some cosmetic changes and act like everything is fantastic.
This is art.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 27, 2026
These unhoused folx will be so relieved to have that crosswalk!
pic.twitter.com/yZEDAleSIw
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) August 27, 2026
This is beyond parody. Eight months to paint some yellow lines. Huge infrastructure victory! Make her mayor! https://t.co/Bu7f7B8WPF
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 27, 2026
They’re calling it the most ambitious infrastructure project since the Golden Gate Bridge https://t.co/sL5xieviJk
— Christopher F. Rufo
(@christopherrufo) August 27, 2026
Dear Lord, Nithya.
Your standards are so incredibly low.
They didn’t even fix the street, they painted over cracks. And it took them a year….. https://t.co/Gyt2hjeErK
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 27, 2026
LOL only a commie would celebrate this as a success. Nearly year to do this and the street is still broken. What a joke! https://t.co/vsSuBrdCF3
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 27, 2026
