A Democratic Boston city councilor who wants to “dismantle the white bottom of America” was seen insulting her colleagues in a resurfaced outburst.
Tania Fernandes Anderson has been a controversial presence at City Hall since she was elected in 2021 and pledged to “create a revolution” for “equity.”
But now even her liberal colleague is concerned that she has created an “unhealthy” environment, with an anonymous person telling Fox News that Anderson often swears, yells and yells during public town hall meetings, judging her colleagues racists.
In the resurfaced video from 2023, she is seen slamming the table while shouting, “What do I have to do on this fucking board to get respect as a black woman?”
During the same meeting, Anderson called the city council “depraved” and “stupidly racially divided” as they discussed redistricting.
Tania Fernandes Anderson has been a controversial presence at City Hall since being elected in 2021 and vowing to “create a revolution” for “equity”
In the resurfaced video from 2023, she is seen slamming the table while shouting, “What do I have to do on this fucking board to get respect as a black woman?”
“I can’t even call you cowards, because desperation deserves pity,” Anderson added of his colleagues.
“Your votes here are sometimes racist…I am here to represent all black women and men in the community.”
The anonymous colleague says Anderson has been “hostile, verbally abusive and anti-Semitic.”
The source said Anderson has been so focused on passing resolutions condemning Israel since Oct. 7 that it was interfering with her ability to do her job.
“People are intimidated by her. And this intimidation is working,” the source told Fox News.
“They said some members would give in because ‘no one wants to disagree with Tania because she’s unpredictable.’
At one point, Anderson allegedly texted a co-worker telling him to “toughen up.”
She wrote in one text: “Whatever the problem is, solve it and put aside your bad feelings.
The source said Anderson has been so focused on passing resolutions condemning Israel since Oct. 7 that it was interfering with her ability to do her job.
“Toughen it up…I don’t always want to feel like I have to smoke anyone, because when it comes to family, I know we are all capable of becoming warriors.”
Anderson said she chooses to speak in a specific way because “we should dismantle the white context (in America) and we should restructure it to be welcoming.”
Anderson, a migrant from West Africa, had already sparked backlash by refusing to take the oath of office during her inauguration.
She was ordered to take the oath again after footage showed her refusing to say the words or raise her right hand during an inauguration ceremony.
Anderson appeared to not repeat his oath in a video that went viral on social media after the ceremony at City Hall.
Instead, she was seen standing silently with her hands clasped in front of her, between two fellow councilors who can be seen raising their right hands and repeating the oath of office.
Tania Fernandes Anderson (pictured in the middle background) did not appear to repeat her oath in a video that went viral on social media after the ceremony at City Hall.
In a statement on her social media Thursday, Anderson said she internalized the oath during the video.
In a statement amid the controversy, Anderson Fernandes claimed to have internalized the oath and did not feel the need to say it out loud.
Fernandes Anderson has been the worst offender for missing meetings since her controversial swearing-in, according to meeting minutes seen by the Boston Herald.
In 2023, the Boston Herald said she missed three key votes related to public safety, including a September 13 meeting that resulted in the rejection of three $850,000 grants for the Boston Regional Intelligence Center.
She also missed an Oct. 4 meeting in which $3.4 million in grants were approved for the police department’s intelligence division.
Fernandes Anderson missed a police vote again on Dec. 13, as the council voted unanimously 12-0 in favor of a five-year contract for the city’s largest police union.
That same meeting also reportedly saw a 6-6 vote to block a $13 million anti-terrorism grant to fund the Boston metro area.
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