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A source tells Fox News Digital her behavior since being elected has been &#8216;disturbing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-title\">Join Fox News for access to this content<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-subtitle\">Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"message error hide\"><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/div>\n<form class=\"article-gating-form\"><input placeholder=\"Enter your email\" name=\"gate-email\" type=\"email\" required=\"required\" class=\"article-gating-input\"> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"gate-email-submit\" value=\"Continue\" class=\"input-submit\"><\/form>\n<footer class=\"article-gating-footer\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>. 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Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong> \u2013 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Boston city council<\/a> member, who called to &#8220;dismantle the White backdrop&#8221; in America and &#8220;create a revolution&#8221; is starting to disturb her liberal colleagues with her wild antics and threats, according to a source who spoke with Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The source is a city hall employee, who requested anonymity because council member Tania Fernandes Anderson has created an &#8220;unhealthy&#8221; environment. The employee believes Fernandes Anderson is a &#8220;troubled person,&#8221; who uses accusations of racism to get people to fall in line. The source discussed the challenges of having someone in the city&#8217;s government who has been \u2013 in their view \u2013 hostile, verbally abusive and antisemitic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People are intimidated by her. And that intimidation does work,&#8221; the source said. They said some members will give into her because &#8220;no one want[s] to disagree with Tania because she&#8217;s unpredictable.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fernandes Anderson was elected in November 2021, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tania4d7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">self-described<\/a> as &#8220;the first formally undocumented African born immigrant &#038; first Muslim elected in the city of Boston.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/california-dei-officer-blasts-jesus-capitalist-exploiter-claims-white-people-pathology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CALIFORNIA DEI OFFICER BLASTED JESUS AS A CAPITALIST EXPLOITER, CLAIMS WHITE PEOPLE HAVE &#8216;PATHOLOGY&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/343\/192\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/686\/384\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/672\/378\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1344\/756\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/931\/523\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1862\/1046\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/720\/405\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1440\/810\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200\/675\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-fire-and-brimstone.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tania Fernandes Anderson Boston City Council\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Tania Fernandes Anderson is accused of invoking a fire and brimstone approach to handling critics and threatening to blow &#8220;smoke&#8221; at colleagues on the Boston City council.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since being elected, she stated her goal was to create a &#8220;revolution&#8221; for &#8220;equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be about equity and I hope we don&#8217;t have too many disagreements in there,&#8221; she said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eC2WRlTQRJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview in December 2021<\/a>. &#8220;I think that systemic racism is long overdue for us to overthrow it in order for us to create a revolution that brings about change.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since then, Fernandes Anderson has become known for her public outbursts featuring &#8220;swearing, yelling and screaming&#8221; at public city council meetings, according to the source.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last thing someone wants is to be labeled as a racist in this city,&#8221; the source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fernandes Anderson refers to her own tirades as giving &#8220;smoke.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t come for me, because if you want smoke, you&#8217;ll get smoke. I&#8217;m not afraid of any of you,&#8221; she said during a March 2024 meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a threat. I feel like it&#8217;s a threat,&#8221; the source said about her comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/boston-city-councilor-exposed-including-antisemitic-message-ceasefire-resolution-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR EXPOSED FOR INCLUDING \u2018ANTISEMITIC MESSAGE\u2019 IN CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION DRAFT<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/343\/192\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/686\/384\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/672\/378\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1344\/756\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/931\/523\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1862\/1046\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/720\/405\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1440\/810\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200\/675\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tania Fernandes Anderson City Hall Boston\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Tania Fernandes Anderson slams her fist on a table while yelling, &#8220;What the f&#8212; do I have to do in this f&#8212;ing council to get respect as a Black woman?&#8221; at City Hall in Boston.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During that same tirade, the council member also called the city council &#8220;depraved&#8221; and &#8220;stupidly racially divided&#8221; because of disagreements about redistricting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t even call you guys cowards because desperation deserves mercy,&#8221; Fernandes Anderson told her colleagues. &#8220;Your votes here sometimes are racist\u2026 I am here to represent every Black woman and man in the community.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the f&#8212; do I have to do in this f&#8212;ing council to get respect as a Black woman,&#8221; she yelled, while slamming her fist on the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In private, Fernandes Anderson doesn&#8217;t shy away from the impact of her blowing this type of &#8220;smoke&#8221; on colleagues. She once sent a text to the city council telling them to &#8220;toughen the f&#8212; up.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever the f&#8212; is the problem work it out and leave out your evil resentments. Toughen the f&#8212; up&#8230; I don&#8217;t want to always feel I need to give anyone smoke because when it comes to family, I know we are all capable of becoming warriors,&#8221; the council member <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240523191845\/https:\/\/bostonaccountabilitynetwork.com\/tania-anderson-threatens-colleagues-boston-city-council-text-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a text message to her colleagues<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The text message simultaneously asked her colleagues to give up &#8220;dirty politics.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The council member, referring to her frank manner of speaking, calls herself &#8220;a language person&#8221; and says, &#8220;I think about how to be raw on purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes Anderson said the goal of her manner of speaking relates to the fact that &#8220;we should dismantle the White backdrop [in America] and we should restructure it so that it&#8217;s welcoming.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/343\/192\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/686\/384\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/672\/378\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1344\/756\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/931\/523\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1862\/1046\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/720\/405\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1440\/810\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200\/675\/Tania-Fernandez-Anderson-Antisemitic.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tania Fernandes Anderson Antisemitic tirade City Hall boston\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Tania Fernandes Anderson was accused of going on an antisemitic tirade at Boston City Hall.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On another occasion, shortly after the Oct. 7 attacks, Fernandes Anderson broke down in tears as colleagues refused to support her resolution which had originally called Hamas&#8217; brutal crimes, which included sexual assault, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/boston-city-councilor-exposed-including-antisemitic-message-ceasefire-resolution-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a &#8220;military operation.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban8\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban8\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s ridiculous. Get up and oppose all killing of all civilians, of all children, not just the ones that line up with your political bulls&#8212;,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No Jew that is praying that is faithful and righteous is killing children,&#8221; she said about Israel&#8217;s military response to Oct. 7, while adding the same was true for Muslims. &#8220;These people are political animals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the source, for the past 6 to 7 months, Fernandes Anderson has been so focused on passing resolutions condemning Israel that the source said they believed it was interfering with her ability to function in her regular job duties and service local needs. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/pro-accountability-boston-city-councilor-worst-absence-record-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent report found that Fernandes Anderson<\/a> was one of the &#8220;worst offenders&#8221; when it came to absences at city council meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb8\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban9\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban9\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very disturbing,&#8221; the source said about her statements against Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/west-point-democratic-operatives-hired-director-called-terrorism-dream-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>&#8216;WEST POINT&#8217; FOR DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES HIRED DIRECTOR WHO CALLED TERRORISM THE &#8216;DREAM OF POLITICS&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few days after she took office, and mere days after she completed the city&#8217;s conflict of interest training, Fernandes Anderson put her sister and son on payroll, according to the Massachusetts Ethics Commission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban10\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban10\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Anderson admitted to violating the conflict of interest law by hiring her sister and son to paid positions on her Boston City Council staff,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240223025052\/https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/news\/boston-city-councilor-tania-fernandes-anderson-admits-she-violated-conflict-of-interest-law-by-hiring-family-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">findings from the ethics commission said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb9\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She infamously refused to swear the oath required of elected officials pledging her allegiance to the United States and to carry out her duties with &#8220;impartiality.&#8221; The council member was forced to redo the oath after her non-participation was discovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/343\/192\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/686\/384\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/672\/378\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1344\/756\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/931\/523\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1862\/1046\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/720\/405\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1440\/810\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1200\/675\/TANIA-FERNDANDEZ-ANDERSON-BOSTON-CITY-COUNCIL.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"boston city council member Tania Fernandes Anderson\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Tania Fernandes Anderson is the first Muslim, first formerly undocumented person, and first African immigrant to hold office in the city. She poses in Nubian Square in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on December 9, 2021. (Caption via Getty Images)<\/span> <span>((Photo by Lane Turner\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another scandal included her interest in a budget she oversaw that sought to cut almost $1 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-responds-lawmakers-cut-police-budget-veteran-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding for the police and veterans,<\/a> which she later said wasn&#8217;t her fault and blamed other members of the council during a recent hearing. The mayor of Boston vetoed that budget proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban11\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban11\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The source added that they believed the council member was &#8220;troubled,&#8221; and therefore didn&#8217;t belong in government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb10\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I think she&#8217;s a troubled person. I don&#8217;t necessarily want to see someone that&#8217;s troubled get into more problems. But it is a problem [that she is in government],&#8221; the source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban12\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban12\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fernandes Anderson and the City of Boston did not immediately respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital&#8217;s<\/a> request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Hannah Grossman is a Reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Boston Democrat city council member screams at &#8216;f&#8212;ing council&#8217; in demand for respect Democrat Tania Fernandes Anderson screams during Boston&#8217;s City Council hearing about redistricting on August 31, 2022. 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