“LA mayoral candidate Rae Huang accepts max cash from streamer who made anti-Jewish remarks”

“The donor, Michael Beyer, who streams under the name “Mike from PA” and the username Central_Committee, made the remarks during a 2024 livestream, saying, “Jewish is not an ethnicity. This constructed ethnicity, this demonic ethnicity, wholly invented.””

“Beyer was later suspended from Twitch over the comments.”

“Haung’s spokesperson Emel Shaikh told the LA Times that Huang and Beyer have met twice, including at a Los Angeles chapter meeting of the Democratic Socialists of America.”

“Both Huang, who is a minister, and Beyer are members of the DSA’s Los Angeles chapter, an explicitly anti-Zionist organization that has publicly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and operates a Palestine Solidarity Committee.”

“In a recent campaign video, Huang outlined a three-part plan to overhaul the Los Angeles Police Department, including removing Chief Jim McDonnell, redirecting legal liability payouts directly from the department’s budget and pushing for criminal prosecution of officers who break the law.”

“She has said the department consumes a growing share of city resources while other services fall behind, pointing to roughly $400 million in city payouts tied to police-related cases since 2019.”