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THEY’RE NOT HIDING IT ANYMORE: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Comes Out and Says She’s Open to Letting NON-CITIZENS Vote in City Elections – “We Need to Explore It!”
The Gateway Pundit ^ | May 21, 2026 | Jim Hᴏft

Posted on 05/21/2026 6:01:56 AM PDT by Red Badger

Radical Democrat Mayor Karen Bass just admitted on camera that she’s willing to hand voting rights to non-citizens in Los Angeles.

Bass responded to a question about far-left Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez’s push to let non-citizens vote in local elections by declaring: “Well, I think we need to explore it.”

The exchange, which took place during a Politico California Playbook discussion, laid bare the Democrats’ desperate endgame.

Soto-Martínez, who has endorsed Bass, wants to rewrite the city charter to allow non-citizens – including those here illegally – to cast ballots in city council and school board races. Bass didn’t shut it down. She didn’t call it unconstitutional. She didn’t say it would destroy election integrity.

Instead, she leaned in.

Bass tried to soften the blow by claiming some cities only let “legal” non-citizens who pay taxes vote, but she quickly pivoted to defending sanctuary city policies she rammed through even after Trump’s first election.

California Bureau Chief Melanie Mason:Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who has endorsed you, wants to explore ways to let non-citizens vote in city elections. I know that some cities already do this, but, you know, politics is all about timing. With Donald Trump in the White House, is this the right time for Los Angeles to go down this path?

Karen Bass:Well, I think we need to explore it. Now, I’ve not seen exactly what he’s calling for. I have a little familiarity with what happens in other cities. For example, some cities will allow people to vote in city council and school board elections because they pay local taxes. But they are not necessarily undocumented. They might be here completely legally but have not finished the citizenship process. So, we’ll wait and see.

But, you know, I mean, some questioned that around sanctuary cities too. But we made that into law even though Trump had been elected. And it was because our population of vulnerable immigrants were terrified. That provided a measure of security for a minute. And no one anticipated we’d have the military roll up on us.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aliens; california; cheating; commiekaren; elections; mayor; rico; rigging; tampering

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1 posted on 05/21/2026 6:01:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

When the media, entertainment, and education system back you unconditionally, you can say and do anything you want.


2 posted on 05/21/2026 6:04:20 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m sure it’s already happening. She just wants to legitimize it.


3 posted on 05/21/2026 6:04:29 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Red Badger

ICE will be waiting at the Polls for sure


4 posted on 05/21/2026 6:08:51 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Red Badger

She’s still going to win. Dem election fraud mechanisms are too strong to beat in the largest Dem-run cities.


5 posted on 05/21/2026 6:09:45 AM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: Red Badger

Two can play that came. I say we all go to LA and vote for Pratt.

What’s good for the goose.....


6 posted on 05/21/2026 6:10:17 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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s/b Two can play that game.


7 posted on 05/21/2026 6:10:48 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Red Badger

Then non-residents as well. Plenty of people in Ventura and Orange Counties to vote against the commie bitch.


8 posted on 05/21/2026 6:12:32 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Red Badger

...on may way to LA from a northern state....


9 posted on 05/21/2026 6:12:47 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: MTBobcat

She’s still going to win.

Well then they deserve what the gutter trash will do to them


10 posted on 05/21/2026 6:13:20 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Red Badger

She’s got the Ghanaian voter block for sure.


11 posted on 05/21/2026 6:16:13 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: brownsfan
"When the media, entertainment, and education system back you unconditionally, you can say or do anything you want"

""Anything is ethical if it advances the revolution"

-Karl Marx.

12 posted on 05/21/2026 6:19:05 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: Red Badger

What’s to explore?


13 posted on 05/21/2026 6:20:28 AM PDT by albie
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To: Red Badger

there needs to be a federal law outlawing this at every level


14 posted on 05/21/2026 6:21:10 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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It all started when public hangings in town square stopped...


15 posted on 05/21/2026 6:23:02 AM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Why not just open it up to the entire world??


16 posted on 05/21/2026 6:24:45 AM PDT by ealgeone
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What is sad is that if they lose, then starting a civil war to try and stay in power is going to need to be explored as well. We are going to have a civil war. It’s becoming obvious. These people will NOT back down.


17 posted on 05/21/2026 6:25:19 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Red Badger

Non-residents who have to live near and work in that s-hole city have a responsibility to vote as well. She just gave the go-ahead.


18 posted on 05/21/2026 6:28:44 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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They did...................No ID required, Same Day Registration, Mail-In Ballots.............


19 posted on 05/21/2026 6:28:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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If LA is so lefty, why does Deep State need to steal its elections...? 🤔


20 posted on 05/21/2026 6:31:22 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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