Liz Lane, a candidate for Hoover City Council Place 3, has tried appealing to residents as someone who shares their values and wants to represent everyone. However, in two recent podcast appearances, she dropped that facade, emphasizing her partisan beliefs, her view of a conservative voter and using profanity to attack the woman bringing the case against gay marriage.
"I have found I think that a lot of people that lean right are uneducated voters. They're not paying attention," she said.
On the "Raised Red, Living Blue" podcast, Lane described being devastated when Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, saying it was "one of the hardest days of my life." She went on to explain that she was "such a mess" and "sick for weeks."
When asked, "did this decision come out of the results of the 2024 election?" Lane replied, "It sure did. It sure did. So, the the day after Trump was elected, cuz you know, the election results came in that night. Yeah. And my kids were already asleep. I have two girls. They're seven and nine. And I had to wake them up before school started and tell them that Trump had won. And you know, I was trying to be brave and strong and not cry."
She added, "I knew in that moment that I needed to get, you know, take my activism off of being a keyboard warrior."
Dropping the pretense altogether that she's interested in being a voice for everyone, she said her true goal was to serve and represent the values of Alabama Democrats, saying she'll do that, win or lose, in the election for Hoover's City Council, explaining that before she decided to run for office, she first decided to strengthen the Democratic Party. "I'm just going to be honest, the party's a mess in the state. It's really bad. And I think no matter what happens, that is definitely going to be a priority for me going forward."
She explains later that while the race is nonpartisan, her views are easy to find, saying, "I'm already out. ... I already commented on a Facebook post the other day that I look up to AOC and Jasmine Crockett, and like they have gone to town with that. I love them both so much. I love them both so much, and I was like why don't you like them?" The post she referenced was deleted the same day.
Lane said that running for office has been eye-opening and that a lot of the issues are "money and greed," further explaining, "It is a f*cking d*ck measuring contest," before the podcast cuts to a brief commercial.
In a bizarre segment of the podcast, Lane and the host go after Kim Davis, who is appealing the case against her for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
According to SCOTUSBlog, a website that tracks cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, "In 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, a local county clerk from Kentucky made national headlines when she refused on religious grounds to issue a marriage license to a gay couple, David Moore and David Ermold. That clerk, Kim Davis, is back in the news again this summer, this time because she has asked the justices to overturn their 2015 decision."
The host calls Davis a "c*nt bucket" before Lane expands, calling her a "c*nt bucket uglier than Kentucky fried chicken." They then spend several minutes disparaging Davis' personal life, family and appearance, including a remark about Pentecostals.
The segment stands in stark contrast to a post made earlier this week where Lane wrote, "Hate has no place here. Full stop," before describing how, "I want to show my daughters what leadership looks like."
After making fun of Davis' appearance, Lane transitioned to her own and how she believes it has fooled some voters. She said voters have made assumptions based on her appearance, "People don't know how affiliated I am. And I think honestly, because I'm a white blonde woman, like sometimes they think I'm a Republican."
"I can mask really well. And then people tell me all the sh*t that they probably shouldn't."
In a second segment on the same podcast, Lane discussed her exasperation that the state passed school choice and ESAs. Referring to those who support school choice, which she insists will hurt public schools, she says, "So if all you care about is your wallet, and you're just the worst person on earth, know that hurting the schools is going to hurt your bottom line too."
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In a podcast, recorded in July, Lane said, "This is a nonpartisan election, with a wink and a nod," the Hoover City Council candidate says during "The Old Lady Hour podcast," explaining, "But I'm not hiding that. I am not proud of the direction that our country is going with this growingly fascist regime."
Later, she says, "I had a terrible experience with a sociopath in Asheville, North Carolina…he reminded me of Donald Trump." Explaining, "He was a con man. He was a con man."
In the podcast, she laments that she "didn't think immigration issues would be coming to my home city," but says they have, referencing efforts to identify, apprehend and deport those not in the nation legally.
Later in the podcast, she says she hopes that the performing arts center can also become a place for families speaking to the Big Beautiful Bill. She repeats the fear-mongering idea that the bill "that's being proposed in the White House, um, cuts to SNAP are looking like an increased reality. And I deeply worry about families being fed in Hoover."
A recurring theme in both podcasts is her love for the movie "Legally Blonde" and her support for other Democratic candidates, including candidates for the state supreme court, Congress and the state legislature.
The runoff election will be held on September 23; absentee voting is already underway. For more information on Hoover elections, visit the city's election website.
Hoover municipal elections are nonpartisan.
*Editors Note: This story has been updated to include a working link to segments of the Podcast which were deleted or edited after publication of this story.
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