'It’s “cancel culture” at its worst, and this kid from Boyle Heights never resigned,' Cedillo said in a press release.
"I was like, I don’t know where these people are from, I don’t know what village they came , how they got here," Martinez said, adding "Tan feos" — "They’re ugly."
Seemingly addressing that portion of the recording, Cedillo wrote "conversations can also turn raw when people think they are speaking privately – which happened that day. No one denies that the conversation crossed a line at several points, and I deeply regret not speaking up when it did." Cedillo again said he should have spoken up, writing "I publicly apologized for not cutting off my colleagues when their comments crossed a line. But to resign for staying silent, with no look at who said what in that room, and ignoring the totality of my work and history? That is unacceptable."
Martinez and Herrera stepped down, and de León said he intends to finish out the remaining two years in his term. He ended the press release saying, "I will never turn my back on the communities I have represented or the people for whom I have fought. This modern version of McCarthyism is a danger to democracy, not a defense. It’s "cancel culture" at its worst, and this kid from Boyle Heights never resigned."All the news you need to know, every day
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