WATCH: White House calls for LA councilmembers to resign after racist remarks

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the resignation of Los Angeles’ city council president after an audio recording was leaked of council members using racist language to describe their colleagues.

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Former Council president Nury Martinez, a Democrat, stepped down from the job and apologized Monday, saying she was ashamed of her racially offensive language in the year-old recording, but she did not resign her council seat.

Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said President Joe Biden is following the issue and was “glad to see that one of the participants in that conversation has resigned.”

“But they all should. He believes that they all should resign,” she said, adding that their language was “unacceptable and it was appalling.”

The recorded remarks came during a meeting Martinez was having with two other council members and the head of one of Los Angeles County’s most powerful labor organizations.

Though Martinez is a Democrat, the press secretary said the event reveals the larger difference between Democrats and Republicans.

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“When a Democrat says something racist or anti-Semitic….we hold Democrats accountable,” Jean-Pierre said. “When a MAGA Republican says something racist and or anti-Semitic, they are embraced by cheering crowds and become celebrated and sought after endorsements.”

Jean-Pierre also said Biden is reevaluating America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia as the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance moves to cut oil production and Democratic lawmakers call for a freeze on cooperation with the Saudis.

She said that Biden believes the United States “needs a different sort of relationship with Saudi Arabia,” and the administration is currently reviewing and reevaluating that relationship.

“We believe by by the decision that OPEC+ made last week, they certainly are aligning themselves with Russia,” Jean-Pierre said. “And right now, this is not a time to be aligning with Russia, especially with this brutal, unprecedented war that they have started in in Ukraine.”

But it remains to be seen how far Biden is willing to go in showing his displeasure with the Saudis, a vital but complicated ally in the Middle East. Biden came into office vowing to recalibrate the U.S. relationship because of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record but then paid a visit to the kingdom earlier this year.

Jean-Pierre said the White House has no timeline for its review nor has the president appointed an adviser to serve as point person.

OPEC+, which includes Russia as well as Saudi Arabia, announced last week it would cut production by 2 million barrels a day, which will help prop up oil prices that are allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to keep paying for his eight-month invasion of Ukraine.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Rep. Ro Khanna of California on Tuesday introduced legislation that would immediately pause all U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia for one year. This pause would also halt sales of spare and repair parts, support services and logistical support.