At an election night rally in Los Angeles, Nithya Raman tells supporters she is an immigrant and calls LA a city of immigrants. She says it is deeply moving that Angelenos voted for an immigrant to be their next mayor at this moment in American history, and pledges to work to earn the trust of everyone across the city and make people believe in City Hall again.
The receipt
- Who
- Nithya Raman
- Where
- rally - election night aftermath, near the Grove, Los Angeles
- Original footage
- CBS LA · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
I'm an immigrant to this country. And this is a city of immigrants in so many ways, whether they came from across America or whether they came from across the world. This city has opened its arms to people to come and build their dreams here. And the idea that Angelino has voted for an immigrant to be their next mayor at this moment in American history is so deeply moving to me. And I want to tell every single Angelino out there, I am going to work so hard, and everyone behind me is going to work so hard to earn your trust, to earn your trust, and to earn the trust, to earn the trust of everyone across this city and to make people believe in Los Angeles again, to make people believe in its city hall again. Yes. Absolutely.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.