Wild moment homeless Santa Monica city council candidate storms

This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.

Source: New York Post
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Why This Matters

The video is something you have to see to believe. A homeless woman named Daisy stormed the Santa Monica City Council debate stage, delivered an unusual speech, and started doing breathing exercises while the other candidates stood there trying to process it. It might be funny if it weren't such a perfect snapshot of what California politics has become.

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Wild moment homeless Santa Monica city council candidate storms
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“Daisy,” interrupted a Santa Monica City Council candidate debate with an unusual speech and breathing exercises onstage.

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How We See It

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The video is something you have to see to believe. A homeless woman named Daisy stormed the Santa Monica City Council debate stage, delivered an unusual speech, and started doing breathing exercises while the other candidates stood there trying to process it. It might be funny if it weren't such a perfect snapshot of what California politics has become. This is not a disruption by an outsider. This is what happens when the system itself has lost the plot.

Santa Monica has spent years patting itself on the back for progressive homelessness policies while the streets filled with tents and crime. Now the debate stage is just another part of the crisis. A city that cannot manage its own sidewalks cannot be expected to manage a council chamber. The left treats this as a story about compassion. The rest of us see a city that has normalized dysfunction so completely that a debate interruption is just another Tuesday.

The actual question nobody wants to ask is whether Daisy should even be running. California makes it easy to put a name on the ballot and impossible to hold anyone accountable for the results. Meanwhile, the people who caused this mess get to stand there looking concerned while the cameras roll. Republicans have been called heartless for saying that housing first without treatment and work requirements is a lie. But look at the evidence. Santa Monica is the exhibit.

We do not say this to mock a woman in crisis. We say it to make a point that the rest of the country keeps watching from afar: the left's politics have turned a beautiful city into a stage for mental illness and chaos. The next time a California politician preaches about their moral superiority, remember this video. It shows exactly where their approach leads. And it isn't a solution. It's a spectacle.

Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.