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   From: wichitajayhawks@msn.com   
      
   a425couple wrote:   
   > On 7/10/25 18:48, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:   
   >> https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/07/10/oh-boy-karen-bass-makes-   
   >> whopper-of-a-statement-about-anti-ice-riots-n2191490   
   >>   
   >> Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' comments around the anti-ICE riots that   
   >> plagued her city have been all over the place, and this latest one that   
   >> the "riots never occurred" might just take the cake.   
   >>   
   >> During a press conference on Thursday, Bass made the bizarre comment when   
   >> she was asked about the targeted attacks on Immigration and Customs   
   >> Enforcement (ICE) agents and law enforcement in Texas, and what steps she   
   >> would propose if similar unrest spread to LA.   
   >>   
   >> First, can we just address the mayor's facial expression as the reporter   
   >> is asking her about the "escalation of violence" against ICE agents? Was   
   >> she puzzled when she looked at others in the room and back at the   
   >> reporter   
   >> because she didn't understand the question? Or was it because this is   
   >> news   
   >> to her?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Secondly, let's dive into her response.   
   >>   
   >> "Well, let me just say that quote-unquote riots that were reported never   
   >> happened," Bass said, without a hint of irony.   
   >>   
   >> Our sister site Townhall.com noted in the post with the clip that "LOS   
   >> ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS DENIES RIOTS EVER OCCURRED! "The 'riots' that   
   >> were reported NEVER HAPPENED!" It's all on video. We all saw them."   
   >>   
   >> Apparently, images like the ones you can see below, to leftists like   
   >> Bass,   
   >> do not equal riots.   
   >>   
   >> Bass has made several conflicting comments about the riots, from ones   
   >> claiming they had everything under control as images surfaced on TV and X   
   >> of protests that turned violent, with the rioters blocking the freeway,   
   >> throwing chunks of concrete at the law enforcement officers, and burning   
   >> Waymo cars.   
   >>   
   >> Democrats like Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom, then declared   
   >> they didn't need President Donald Trump to call in the federalized   
   >> National Guard and U.S. Marines.   
   >>   
   >> However, LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell blew up the Democratic narrative   
   >> about the "peaceful protests" and said things were out of control.   
   >>   
   >> READ MORE: Watch: LAPD Chief Blows Up the Dem Narrative About Riots, Lays   
   >> Down Warning to Rioters   
   >>   
   >> Bass also tried to say at first she wouldn't stand for the ICE raids,   
   >> only   
   >> to then have a bit of a change of heart on the violence hitting her city,   
   >> RedState reported.   
   >>   
   >> READ MORE: Listen to LA Mayor Karen Bass' Unhinged Comments About Her   
   >> City's Riots   
   >>   
   >> The mayor then appeared to stoke the fire, encouraging the rioters to   
   >> continue, as my RedState colleague Jennifer Van Laar wrote:   
   >>   
   >> As violence and chaos dominate the streets of downtown Los Angeles for   
   >> the   
   >> third evening, Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference and made clear   
   >> that she had no plan for a return to normalcy, claiming that President   
   >> Trump "provoked" the chaos and urging people to "continue expressing your   
   >> right, your anger, your outrage" in the city.   
   >>   
   >> As RedState also wrote in the days that followed, Bass tried to put the   
   >> blame the chaos and violence on the president. However,Trump was proven   
   >> right by stepping in when the chaos was tamped down.   
   >>   
   >> The left’s soft-on-crime policies have wreaked havoc on America.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
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