{"id":659218,"date":"2026-08-28T13:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=659218"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:02:48","slug":"las-socialist-mayoral-candidate-reamed-for-touting-pathetic-infrastructure-project-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=659218","title":{"rendered":"LA\u2019s socialist mayoral candidate REAMED for touting pathetic \u2018infrastructure\u2019 project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nithya Raman, the socialist Los Angeles mayoral candidate, was dragged unmercifully after taking to social media to tout a pathetic \u201cinfrastructure project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Raman posted on X, sharing a photo of the so-called project.<\/p>\n

The photo showcases yellow stripes being painted across a \u201cdecrepit\u201d road full of cracks. Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin weighed in to offer an assurance that the photo was not some AI-generated crap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI [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,\u201d Melugin shared.<\/p>\n

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I bad to double check to make sure this is real.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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 \u2014 Raman appeared to have returned to obscurity after preventing Pratt from challenging Mayor Karen Bass in a November run-off.<\/p>\n

At least, until the city councilmember\u2019s moronic post on X.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Pratt, he responded thusly: \u201cHoly sh*t, my sides\u2026Nithya Raman\u2019s 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\u201d<\/p>\n

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Holy shit, my sides\u2026Nithya Raman\u2019s big accomplishment is taking 9 months to paint 7 yellow stripes over a cracked street?
\nHow dumb do you have to be to post this? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https:\/\/t.co\/DRUaUC4EwA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s a quick sampling of other responses, as seen on X:<\/p>\n

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It is worrying that you don\u2019t understand the word infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

This is art.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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These unhoused folx will be so relieved to have that crosswalk! \"\ud83d\udcab\"\"\ud83d\udc95\" pic.twitter.com\/yZEDAleSIw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This is beyond parody. Eight months to paint some yellow lines. Huge infrastructure victory! Make her mayor! https:\/\/t.co\/Bu7f7B8WPF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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They\u2019re calling it the most ambitious infrastructure project since the Golden Gate Bridge https:\/\/t.co\/sL5xieviJk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \"\u2694\" (@christopherrufo) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dear Lord, Nithya.<\/p>\n

Your standards are so incredibly low.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t even fix the street, they painted over cracks. And it took them a year\u2026.. https:\/\/t.co\/Gyt2hjeErK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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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<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Nithya Raman, the socialist Los Angeles mayoral candidate, was dragged unmercifully after taking to social media to tout a pathetic \u201cinfrastructure project. \u201cThe 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… Continue reading LA\u2019s socialist mayoral candidate REAMED for touting pathetic \u2018infrastructure\u2019 project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/659200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}