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Public disputes concerning the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle, including campaigns, candidates, conventions, advertising, endorsements, and election-related policy promises.
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2 statements on this page. Dates: July 30, 2026 to October 15, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: July 30, 2026 to October 15, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: July 30, 2026 to October 15, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: July 30, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: July 30, 2026
Role at the time: Los Angeles City Councilmember and 2026 mayoral candidate
Statement summary
Calls for Los Angeles to end its Flock relationship over privacy, civil-liberties and immigration risks.
“LA should cut ties with Flock Safety.”
Bluesky post by Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman, the first of a nine-post thread, calling for Los Angeles to end its relationship with Flock Safety.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Raman posts that Los Angeles "should cut ties with Flock Safety" and says the company's readers pose risks to privacy, civil liberties and immigrant communities while LAPD renegotiates a surveillance network, which rejects the system outright, so we labeled it Condemned and placed it at Ban on the remedy ladder, since she asks the city to end the relationship and names no replacement. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional. It loses because the thread asks for an end to the relationship rather than conditions for continued use.
1 published statement. Dates: October 15, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: October 15, 2026
Role at the time: Los Angeles City Councilmember and candidate for mayor, in a campaign video
Response to this claim
Los Angeles was the gold standard in noncooperation with immigration enforcement in the era of Police Chief Daryl Gates.
“Now, instead of answering those questions and ensuring that we can rebuild trust with our law enforcement, Mayor Bass is trying to twist my words. It is completely unacceptable. Let me be very clear. Daryl Gates was a racist, abhorrent, militaristic police chief.”
Raman's campaign posted this short video on October 15, 2026, while Bass was holding her news conference. Raman speaks to the camera about the debate exchange and LAPD cooperation with ICE.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The reference point is Raman's own statement in the October 13, 2026 debate that Los Angeles used to be the gold standard in noncooperation with immigration enforcement in the Daryl Gates era. Raman rejects Bass's reading of the remark as praise for Gates, says she was describing the city's past limits on cooperation with immigration authorities, and condemns Gates himself, so we labeled it Challenged characterization. The closest competing label is Defended or excused, because she keeps her point about immigration policy; it loses because her response disputes how her words were described rather than defending Gates's record.
