Nithya Raman is being forced to choose between her head and heart — it’ll decide the fate of LA

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Nithya Raman needs to know who her allies are — and they aren’t the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Yes, Raman is a socialist, and sought the DSA’s endorsement for LA…

Nithya Raman needs to know who her allies are — and they aren’t the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

Yes, Raman is a socialist, and sought the DSA’s endorsement for LA mayor. But the DSA is not trying to make her job any easier. Instead, it’s issuing threats.

As The California Post reported, the DSA of Long Beach issued a warning to the mayor-elect last week: Obey our agenda, or else.

“We call on her to govern as part of the movement that got her elected, not at arm’s length from it,” the DSA warned.

It’s not enough for the DSA that Raman falsely accused Israel of “genocide.” The DSA wants her to cut off LA’s “economic support for a genocidal apartheid state,” whatever that means.

The DSA also wants Raman to keep her pledge to fire LAPD chief Jim McDonnell, and to impose further rent controls.

If she does not comply, the DSA warns, “we’ll bring the fight to her.”

We know what that means: The DSA plans to riot, as radicals did during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 and the anti-ICE unrest of 2025.

The DSA’s threat, however ominous, gives Raman a golden opportunity to break from the organization.

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