California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says that he is tired of being “white mansplained on how to do my job,” after facing criticism from elected representatives, including Democrats, over his recent job performance.
Lara is a far-left former state legislator who championed such ideas as state-run health care (the so-called “Healthy California Act,” a local version of “Medicare for All”) and allowing illegal aliens to serve in state government posts.
In 2019, he faced criticism for breaking a key campaign promise when he was found to have taken campaign cash from the insurance industry — the very industry that he is supposed to be regulating as Insurance Commissioner.
Now, some critics are saying that Lara’s insurance industry ties are making him too lenient on insurance companies who are trying to find ways not to pay claimants after the Los Angeles…
