Despite criticism, New Orleans City Councilmember Oliver Thomas on Tuesday doubled down on his fiery mayor's race concession speech , arguing on a local radio station that Mayor-elect Helena Moreno's win was "calculated and coordinated."

Calling into WBOK radio on Tuesday morning, Thomas, who came in third place with 19% of the vote on Saturday, said: "People like to control systems, and they plan, and they engineer."

"I have receipts," said Thomas, who added that he "used to not be a conspiracy theorist, because I thought OJ did it." He didn't provide any proof of his claims.

The comments followed an explosive speech at the Maison Blanche event venue on the Interstate 10 Service Road in New Orleans East on Saturday night, in which Thomas said Moreno's win came after "different forces

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