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LA Mayor Karen Bass' disgraceful excuse for going to Ghana while her city burned in worst wildfires ever
Daily Mail(UK) ^ | 2/19/25 | GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO, CHIEF U.S. REPORTER

Posted on 02/20/2025 9:40:19 AM PST by DallasBiff

LA Mayor Karen Bass has offered an astonishing excuse for her infamous trip to Ghana as her city erupted in wildfires, saying she went because 'no one told her not to.'

Bass explained that the Biden administration asked her to go to the African country to represent the then-president.

Bizarrely, the Democrat lawmaker also revealed that she is now opening an investigation into why no one stopped her

'It was going to be a very short trip - over a weekend and two business days,' she said on Fox 11.

'We need to look at everything about the preparation and all of that for the fires... I think when we evaluate that, we will find that although there were warnings - that I frankly wasn't aware of...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; clueless; excuse; ghana; karenbass
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Karen Bass is clueless, now she is blaming Biden/Obama for her vanity trip while thousands of homes were burned, kinda of like Nero playing the violin when Rome burned.
1 posted on 02/20/2025 9:40:19 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I dont know how she and Newsom are not removed already.


2 posted on 02/20/2025 9:41:32 AM PST by Beowulf9 ( )
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To: DallasBiff

Karen has to be the Official Bonehead of the State of California.


3 posted on 02/20/2025 9:46:43 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The U.S. Government was never meant to be a jobs program.)
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To: DallasBiff

This is to lead AWAY from the real issues.

how much INSURANCE did Bass and her conspiring DNC
take out on the houses?

how many life INSURANCE policies
did they take out on the victims?


4 posted on 02/20/2025 9:47:38 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: DallasBiff
Karen Bass was at the top of Joe Biden's short list of proffered VP picks for the 2020 election . Let that sink in .
5 posted on 02/20/2025 9:52:17 AM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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Entitled Black Mayor Bass couldnt save fiery So/Cal......she was in Africa
w/ the Congressional Black Caucus on a tax-paid junket.

Sap-happy Bass in purple on left w/ Nazi Pelousy leading the
Congressional Black Caucus in Africa on a tax paid junket for Biden.

6 posted on 02/20/2025 9:53:16 AM PST by Liz
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To: DallasBiff

idjit!


7 posted on 02/20/2025 9:54:08 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: DallasBiff

Karen Bass’ entire political career was rising through Democrat and Congressional ranks using her gender, skin color and weaponized political-racial slogans.

She managed to fashion herself has “Africa Expert” and “Momma Africa” through her work on House Foreign Relations Committee and Africa sub-committee.

She never had to take direct responsibility for anything during her entire political career.

I believe she is just so stupid, and arrogant, she thought that being Mayor of LA would be just another political PR job and stepping-stone to higher office and riches.

Watching her recent responses to the crisis, its clear she never imagined she would actually be responsible for things like police, fire, floods or earthquakes.


8 posted on 02/20/2025 9:56:24 AM PST by PGR88
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Once in a while, someone will reveal that, at the time of Ms.Bass visit, Ghana was in the midst of a holiday land-give-away.

Non citizen visitors to the country were offered, at no cost, a set hectare of property. This practice seems to have
fallen into a media mine shaft with no speculation on how much property Ms. Bass acquired while on her 'diplomatic' visit.

9 posted on 02/20/2025 10:00:41 AM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: DallasBiff

(For Dexter fans)
The Maria Laguerta management style
Something good happens: I did that!
Something bad ...: Not my problem.


10 posted on 02/20/2025 10:01:59 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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This stupidity is part of Bass’ crisis management PR,
to deflect blame from herself for abandoning her
constituents and globe-trotting to Africa.

Bizarrely, the braindead Democrat says she is
“opening an investigation into why no one stopped her.”

Bass moronically told Fox 11-tv: ‘We need to look at the preparation for the fires...
I think we will find that there were warnings - that I frankly wasn’t aware of...


11 posted on 02/20/2025 10:03:32 AM PST by Liz
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But let’s be honest, do you think it would have been any different if she was in LA instead of Ghana.

She still wouldn’t have had a clue.


12 posted on 02/20/2025 10:04:21 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you i9s how they. control you. )
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It looks as if Nancy Pelosi, who has zero sub-Saharan ancestry, could not resist a junket. Of course, she likely had some business, along with other Congressional representatives, with Ghanaian officials, properly laundered through offshore accounts.
13 posted on 02/20/2025 10:05:55 AM PST by Wallace T.
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To: DallasBiff

Pathological liars believe their own lies.


14 posted on 02/20/2025 10:08:35 AM PST by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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Bass is so stupid, and arrogant, she calculated being Mayor would be a stepping-stone to higher office and riches. Bass never imagined she would actually be responsible for things like police, fire, floods, earthquakes.........


She’s set herself up to get the blame for her staff’s chronic constipation.


15 posted on 02/20/2025 10:11:49 AM PST by Liz
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To: Wallace T.

No question.....laundering was on the agenda.


The United States provides billions of dollars in aid and investment to Ghana each year. The US is Ghana’s largest development partner.

Aid
In 2024, the US provided over $150 million in aid to Ghana to support health, agriculture, education, and more The US has also provided millions of dollars to help strengthen Ghana’s education system, improve health services, and more

Investment
The US has invested in Ghana through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
The US has also helped Ghana’s elections be peaceful and transparent

Trade
In 2022, the US exported $975 million in goods to Ghana In 2022, Ghana exported $2.83 billion in goods to the US, including crude petroleum, cocoa beans, and cocoa paste
The US has a Trade & Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with Ghana

Other cooperation
The US and Ghana are close allies in addressing regional and international security issues

The US and Ghana have cooperated on joint training exercises
Ghana is part of the State Partnership Program, which pairs a US state’s National Guard with Ghana’s armed forces


16 posted on 02/20/2025 10:15:43 AM PST by Liz
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Duffy killed CA high speed rail. Boondoggle.

People at the presser shouting Build the Rail!


17 posted on 02/20/2025 10:17:39 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: DallasBiff

I can’t stand that woman.


18 posted on 02/20/2025 10:23:38 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: Wallace T.

Wasn’t this only a few weeks or a month after Pelosi’s ‘broken hip’?


19 posted on 02/20/2025 10:26:23 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

She’s stupid off the charts. That’s tragic. But nowhere near as tragic as her constituents are even more stupid. Her stupidity won’t matter to them.


20 posted on 02/20/2025 10:54:35 AM PST by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: He that denies that Jesus is the Christ is a liar and antichrist. )
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