Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

[FLASHBACK] Karen Bass rises as sleeper pick to be Biden’s VP
Politico ^ | 7/24/20 | Christopher Cadelago and Natasha Korecki

Posted on 01/11/2025 9:41:30 AM PST by cotton1706

She’s a politician who cringes at having her picture taken and is content to let others grab headlines. She repeatedly had to be dragged into taking risks to elevate her political career.

In many ways, Karen Bass is the anti-Kamala Harris.

And yet, the Californians have ended up in a similar spot: On Joe Biden’s vice presidential shortlist.

While the congresswoman from Los Angeles remains a long shot, her unassuming approach, muted ambitions and decades of advocating on health care and race issues while far outside the national spotlight have captured the interest of the Biden campaign.

A former physician assistant and nurse who now heads the Congressional Black Caucus, Bass has seen her profile rise of late amid the twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and national reckoning with racism. Her standing in the VP search has improved based on private assessments shared with Biden’s team.

“The reason she’s gone from a name bandied about to a serious contender is because the more you look at her, the more you realize what a perfect choice for the time she is,” said former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He started working alongside Bass in the early 1970s to coalesce Black and Latino activists around curbing police abuse and expanding immigrant rights.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2020; bass; biden; california; elections; elekchunz; karenbass; lafires; losangeles; politico; pollutico
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last
To: TigerClaws

This is why I can’t muster the least bit of sympathy for LA. They vote for these marxists again and again. And those celebrities for the most part ALL campaigned hard for democrat marxists. And several are already out blaming Trump and global warming while their neighborhoods are reduced to ash. And the next slap in the face is the feds will send billions to rebuild (as Biden says, “spare no expense”) while the Carolinas and Appalachia are mired in mud and snow and have nothing from the worthless FEMA jerks.


21 posted on 01/11/2025 11:11:51 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: cotton1706

When Joe Biden stated he would select a Black woman as his VP, the three finalists were Kamala Harris, Karen Bass, and Stacey Abrams. It’s frightening to think that Kamala was the best of the three.


22 posted on 01/11/2025 11:17:33 AM PST by GreenHornet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cotton1706

Imagine there is no America... ( President Bass and Supreme Court Justice Garland)


23 posted on 01/11/2025 11:53:54 AM PST by Midwesterner53
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ge0ffrey
"She’s going to be the next Governor."

If California votes her in as Governor, they deserve
all of the pain, fires and tragedy that she inflicts
on them. California should expect no sympathy from
the rest of the USA. Just let them suffer.

24 posted on 01/11/2025 3:36:11 PM PST by StormEye
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson