A Democratic Boston city councilwoman who wants to “dismantle white America” has been seen cursing at 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 colleagues are concerned that she has created an “unhealthy” environment, and an anonymous person said Fox News Anderson often swears, yells and yells at public town hall meetings, calling his colleagues racists.
In the resurfaced video from 2023, she is seen banging the table while yelling, ‘What the fuck do I have to do on this fucking council to earn 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 she was elected in 2021 and pledged to ‘create a revolution’ for ‘equity’
In the resurfaced video from 2023, she is seen banging the table while yelling, ‘What the fuck do I have to do on this fucking council to earn respect as a black woman?’
“I can’t even call them cowards because desperation deserves mercy,” Anderson added of his colleagues.
“Your votes here are sometimes racist… I’m here to represent every black woman and man 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 is interfering with her ability to get the job done.
‘People are intimidated by her. And that intimidation works,” the source told Fox News.
‘They said some members would defer to her because “no one wants to disagree with Tania because she is unpredictable.”
At one point, Anderson allegedly sent a text message to a colleague telling them to “toughen up.”
She wrote in a text: ‘Whatever the problem is, resolve it and let go of your evil resentments.
The source said Anderson has been so focused on passing resolutions condemning Israel since Oct. 7 that it is interfering with her ability to get the job done.
‘Harden your face… I don’t want to always feel like I need to give smoke to anyone because when it comes to family, I know that we are all capable of becoming warriors.’
Anderson has said that he chooses to speak in a specific way because “we should dismantle the white backdrop (in America) and we should restructure it to be welcoming.”
Anderson, a migrant from West Africa, previously sparked backlash by refusing to take the oath of office at the time of her swearing-in.
She was ordered to re-swear the oath after footage showed her refusing to say the words or raise her right hand during a swearing-in ceremony.
Anderson appeared not to repeat the oath in a video that has since gone 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) appeared not to repeat the oath in a video that has since gone viral on social media after the ceremony at City Hall.
In a statement to her social media on Thursday, Anderson said she had been internalizing the oath to herself during the video.
In a statement amid the controversy, Anderson Fernandes claimed to have been internalizing 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 inauguration, according to meeting minutes obtained by the Boston Herald.
In 2023, the Boston Herald said it missed three key votes related to public safety, including a Sept. 13 meeting that resulted in the rejection of three $850,000 grants to the Boston Regional Intelligence Center.
He also missed an Oct. 4 meeting that approved $3.4 million in grants for the police department’s intelligence division.
Fernandes Anderson missed a police vote again on Dec. 13, when the council voted unanimously 12-0 to approve 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 counterterrorism grant to fund the greater Boston region.
