LA Mayor Karen Bass Says Now Is Not The Time To Discuss Who's Responsible

Posted • January 9, 2025: On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had absolutely nothing to say to a Sky News reporter who cornered her at the airport as she returned to her burning city from Ghana. She did hold a press conference on Thursday and made it clear that her current focus is on saving lives—that's her priority. Once lives are saved, she can talk about accountability, her absence, and her cutting $17.5 million from the fire department. Yeah, she'll get around to finding out who should be held accountable after the fires are under control, which could be a while. "What explains this lack of preparation and rapid response?" asks a CBS reporter. Kid gloves are slowly coming off. CBS News reporter: We never saw fire crews while the neighborhood burned. You were out of town. Mayor Bass: Now is not the time for this. -- Now is the perfect time to talk about it. President-elect Donald Trump was talking about it four months ago on the campaign trail.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley wrote Bass a letter last month warning of preparedness for wildfires. But we'll have time to point fingers later. “Now” is exactly “the time for this”. She needs to resign immediately. The classic deflect response. She had that ready to go too. She was on the shortlist to be Joe Biden's vice president. She certainly can serve up the word salad as well as Kamala Harris. (…)

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