Mayor Karen Bass Investigating Why She Was Allowed to Travel to Africa While Los Angeles Burned
“It didn’t reach that level to me to say ‘Something terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn’t have gone on the trip'”
Democrats and the media are currently salivating at the prospect of New York City Mayor Eric Adams being removed from office, because they’re angry at him for cooperating with Trump on illegal immigration.
Karen Bass, the Democrat mayor of Los Angeles, is much more deserving of being removed from office. Her handling of the disastrous fires has been a disgrace. She was traveling in Africa when the fires broke out and now she is investigating why she was allowed to take that trip.
FOX News reports:
LA Mayor Bass points fingers when grilled on Africa trip amid botched wildfire response
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has come under intense scrutiny for traveling to Africa last month amid a botched fire response, is deflecting blame on the controversial trip.
“I felt absolutely terrible not being here for my city,” Bass, a Democrat, told a Fox 11 Los Angeles reporter in a recent interview.
“Would I say it was a mistake, absolutely. The idea that I was not present was very painful,” she added, saying that proper “preparation didn’t happen” to notify her ahead of the Ghana trip.
She said she would not have even traveled south to San Diego had she been given the proper “preparation” about the fire danger.
“It didn’t reach that level to me to say ‘Something terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn’t have gone on the trip,'” the Democrat added.
“I think that’s one of the things we need to look at, everything that happened, including that, needs to be examined,” she continued, revealing that there are at least two investigations into the city’s response to the fires.
It’s someone else’s fault, you see. It’s definitely not her fault. Watch:
LA Mayor Karen Bass: We're launching investigations to find out why nobody told me that I shouldn't have gone to Africa while my city burned. pic.twitter.com/sdpkSMYPb0
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 19, 2025
Here’s the full video:
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department are not impressed with the mayor’s position on this, and who can blame them?
NBC News in Los Angeles reports:
Mayor Bass also said she’s working to regain the confidence that may have been lost amid the devastation and rebuilding efforts.
“Absolutely it is,” Bass said. “And, I think that I have to demonstrate that every day by showing what we’re doing, what is working, what are the challenges. And, to bring Los Angeles forward.”
But the blame game escalated Tuesday when Bass said in a television interview that she was not warned in advance about the high winds and red flag warnings.
“It didn’t reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn’t go on the trip,” Bass said in a television interview. “That type of preparation didn’t happen. If that had, I will tell you, I wouldn’t even have gone to San Diego let alone leave the country.”
In a statement to NBC4, the LAFD fired back – insisting that the department followed all standard preparation procedures. “Prior to the Palisades Fire, the LAFD emailed two separate media advisories, conducted multiple live and recorded media interviews about the predicted extreme fire weather, and notified City Officials about the upcoming weather event.”
If Karen Bass had any humility, she would resign as mayor. If Gavin Newsom had any common sense, he would find a way to fire her, then resign himself. They both failed the people of California miserably.
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LA was more than likely better off WITHOUT her presence during the fires.
In fact, her presence prior to the fires made things worse.
She claims that no one told her there was a possibility of wild fires.
The news and weather people talked about this everyday for weeks prior to the fires, So just another lie from one of the worst mayors in history.
There is also the distinct possibility that she is truly a moron.
She also might be so insulated from any day to day operations that the staff run the show and she has no real idea what is going on. Parties, fund raisers and foreign trips take quite a bit of time.
Of course, parties, fund raisers, and foreign trips are far more important than the safety of the city and its citizens!
“Why was I allowed to do such and such?”
That’s the kind of question Biden might have asked:
Who behind the scenes is controlling me? Who in my administration tells me what to do?
But if Karen Bass is asking that, she’s a freaking puppet.
The question she asked just before that was: “How can I escape responsibility?”
And the answer came to her, “I’ll blame someone else. I’ll say, ‘It wasn’t my fault. Someone should’ve stopped me.'”
“Stop me before I fly again!”
Basil Fawlty: [to Polly] Oh, I see, it’s my fault, is it? Oh, of course, there I was, thinking it was your fault because you had been left in charge, or Manuel’s fault for not waking you, and all the time it was MY fault. Oh, it’s so obvious now. I’ve seen the light! Well, I must be punished then, mustn’t I?
[spanking himself]
Basil Fawlty: You’re a naughty boy, Fawlty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndpXFdAdUKE
Worse than a puppet, she’s a circus exhibit:
“Ladeez and Gennelmun — The Woman With No Agency At All!”
There was absolutely no reason for her to travel to Africa for ANYTHING, to begin with. Just the fact that she traveled to Ghana – even without a fire taking out huge chunks of LA – should have been grounds for her ouster. And that is even without bringing up her promise not to travel outside of America as Mayor.
But … you hire a Cuban Communist lowlife and this is the sort of thing you have to expect. Low IQ, America-hate, retarded acts, and local devastation. LA deserves what it voted for, but no one outside of California should have to contribute a dime to their self-created disaster.
Bass doesn’t have the IQ of a sea bass.
Nobody knows the troubles she’s seen. And it’s not her goddamned fault either, whitey!
In other news, O.J. Simpson promises to keep looking for Ron and Nicole’s killer. (Rumor has it he started with all the golf courses in travel distance.)
Well, the killer did have a wicked slice.
Here’s a quiz! Who said the following?
“And, I think that I have to demonstrate that every day by showing what we’re doing, what is working, what are the challenges. And, to bring Los Angeles forward.”
Was it:
a) Kamala Harris
b) Karen Bass
c) A random schizophrenic on the subway platform.
That’s a tough one, eh?
I think the MAGA supporters on Bass’ staff (likely under orders from Trump) set her up by not briefing her properly.
You know this is one of her backup excuses.
The balls on this woman. I saw this earlier on a twitter comment and I thought it was some kind of Babylon Bee-type post. These people are absolutely shameless. What’s worse is if the election were held today, she’d still probably get at least 40% of the vote, maybe more. LA, like California, is hopelessly dysfunctional and well-beyond salvation.
Bass won’t resign – she has zero common sense.
she has zero shame.
Chalk it up to jungle fever.
“Why am I a tone-deaf dumbass? Someone must be held accountable for my actions!”
Let me guess, she’ll investigate herself and find no wrongdoing.
Democrats: Too obvious yet?
Great Maker, what a fecking ditz. The question shouldn’t be, “Why was I allowed to go to Africa.” but should be, “Why did I think it was appropriate to go to Africa at all”. And really, could you imagine her reaction to anyone that dared tell her that she shouldn’t be traveling to Africa when she did? That would be suicide on the part of whomever did it. No kidding there.
Just like all communists they want our money and the power to take it from us.
Just reading the headline about Bass reminded me of the black sheriff in “Blazing Saddles” where he puts his own gun to his head and threatens to shoot the sheriff if the mob doesn’t back off. Of course, that was make belive but in Bass’s case, it’s real!
We are to blame here. 100% It’s totally our fault for letting her come back and not making her stay there.
Being a black lesbian, she is triple protected.
If you criticize her in the slightest, it is only because you are a cross-burning racist/sexist/homophobe.
She always has that same, weird rictus grin. Are we sure she’s not an escapee from a Hellraiser movie?
She wasn’t properly prepared? Typical projectile Democrat diarrhea.
She needs Preparation BS.
This woman is a true clown. Pure horse manure logic.
I will not feel bad for the people of California, as they keep electing the same type of incompetents. This fool/tool of a “Mayor” needs to have someone tell her that the fire season comes at the same time each year?!? Quick, reelect her!
Since she will escape any punishment, I suggest she go to Africa and stay. Maybe she can land a mayoral gig there.
One would think that the beautiful people of Los Ashes could find a more qualified leader.
Nobody told her….
Someone in her staff is responsible for being irresponsible and “letting” her go to Africa.
Who appointed her staff?
The story’s going to write itself. There’s probably no straight white guy for her to blame. Which DEI hire is she going to try to blame?
I was born in Los Angeles (1945) and live in Orange County. Everyone within reach of the local TV and AM radio stations that broadcast the news knew or should have known that a large fire was likely. It would be a guess whether it would be in Los Angeles County, Ventura County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, or a combination of those counties. But it was not the time for a leader who wanted to be reelected to leave town.
So, James O’Keefe dropped this today…
If you want to know how receptive Karen Bass was to people dissuading her from going to Ghana BEFORE she got on that plane… listen to it.