@@jimmyfortrue3741 Newsom sent her. He’s pulling her puppet strings but too much of an idiot to not get caught. But that’s alright. I’m here legally and just love to bend over and see my tax dollars wasted on someone who should take responsibility for their own actions.
@MyLil_Buttercup They were warnings about the conditions being perfect for such a fire. It is somewhat similar to being able to forecast a severe storm or hurricane potentially hitting an area. She was aware of the warnings but decided to leave anyways.
She's a mayor, not a governor or high-ranking international official, and was warned of the high fire risk in the LA area. She put her interest in Guam ahead of her own city.
@@joshschang4993 I would. If people can vote for a convicted felon, amongst other things why attack Mayor Bass? If it’s because she flew to Ghana and immediately returned try again.
@@danegunther6621 not before Trump…. Your comment is so idiotic. Negligence for what? Not predicting 90 mph winds and the date and time of fire was going to start? Or perhaps control the physics of water pressure? Stick to your day job and she’ll stick t hers getting us through this crisis.
How was she able to take a military aircraft and who’s military. As a civilian working for the military, i cant hop on a military aircraft and have it take me home. If it was a United States military aircraft, who paid for that? This lady has too many issues going on and needs to go.
It was Ghana military aircraft based on the magnitude of seriousness of the issue at home. The US is not having Air Force aircraft sitting in Ghana. It was Ghana military aircraft.
@@jxpat did she cause the fire? did she take the fire department with her to Ghana? Are there not institutions to handle such matters? The Mayor can be anywhere, all she need to do is to give orders. She is not a superwoman to go quench the fire. think people and stop lambasting her because she is black.
@joskytravels she's black? Had no idea! Does this mean I should give my soul sister a pass? Let's just throw a few facts out there. $17M cut from the fire department's budget. Massive amount equipment from the fire department out of commission. No water in the hydrants. No water in the Palos Verdes reservoir. Firefighting planes and equipment from other states and counties initially turned away. Finally, she ignored the warnings and went to Ghana anyway. So far her leadership skills are awful. Anyway, I escaped Southern California back in 1986. The liberal incompetence is off the charts, so I never went back.
"Cocktails While City Burns" In my country that would get you fired. What possible compelling foreign policy interest could the city of LA have with Ghana? Who signed off on the trip?
@@MyLil_Buttercup You don't get to tell me who I can and cannot vote for. You clearly don't understand how power works. She chose a terrible time to go enjoy comforts abroad, you not being able to see the issue tells me all I need to know about your cognitive limitations. People like you who don't understand that leadership requires integrity, are a huge problem. Go read a book My lil Buttercup.
@@MyLil_Buttercup Why DOES she is the BETTER question. Please don't be the type who is just happy to see a black person in power. Those leadership positions require actual integrity and dedication to the public. She is in a SERVICE role. She was not elected princess. Her job is not to enjoy life for all the black people who did not. No her job is to SERVE the people. You not understanding that screams lack of integrity and cognitive limitation. It's people like you who think that finally having some power means you can act a whole ass. That's why we have so little power. When we get it we think it's time to get back all we lost in the past. That's literally against the law. She does not deserve to be worshipped by the people, her role is to damn near worship the people. She failed her city, she failed California and now she gets to pay the consequences of failing. She does NOT DESERVE lavish comforts that the taxpayers pay for? How can you not see that???
I live in Ventura County right next to LA county. The high wind red flag warnings came out on Thursday Jan 2. She knew about the windstorm coming and still left on her trip on Jan 4. Terrible leadership on all levels!
Why are tax payers footing the bill for her to fly out of the country???? She is only a Mayor. She is not in Congress or Senate. She is only a Mayor. I don't want to foot these bills for her to trapes around to other Countries.
Bass was out of the U.S. on 5 different occasions while serving(?)as Mayor of LA . While campaigning, she stated that she wouldn't leave the Country if elected.
Why? If a convicted felon can be voted into office I’d say that’s a double standard. These comments are reckless. Let’s wait for all the information to come out. Not sound bites from news media.
Why? Stop it and help your neighbor who lost everything. We need them in place to coordinate more help. States and countries don’t offer this magnitude of help for just anyone.
They are all given these easy overpaid jobs by their friends and are never expected to do anything. They take on the position thinking there is something required of them but soon find out they can sit back, relax, not rock the boat, pander to their friends, take the money, stay quiet and eat up the perks just like all the others.
Why did Karen Bass hire an outsider from PG&E to run LADWP (for $750K a year)? I live in NorCal and PG&E is my utility provider/ extorter. But the mayor should have hired someone who was extremely familiar with LA's Water systems and infrastructure, aqueduct, reservoirs, pumping systems, rivers, etc, -not someone from NorCal who knows NOTHING about LA's Water Infrastructure and resources. Also why did Bass cut the LAFD Budget such that hundreds of Fire Fighting Apparatus are sitting dormant unused in a massive LAFD Maintenance Yard? Kristen Crowley is definitely also at fault. It's easy to fire-splain after a catastrophic event has occurred. She wasn't vocal enough before this happened (even with the letters she wrote to the mayor on the issue).
She has asked for millions and millions of dollars 💸 for the homeless crisis which it has gotten worse, and now she's drinking 🍸 on vacation while she knew the city she is overlooking is going up in fire, if she has a little bit of dignity she should resign 🤞
Of course the homeless crisis is worse. If you put out cat food, you get more cats. The homeless people are not locals who fell into temporary difficulty. Our policies are attracting them from across the country. And now we have created a massive homeless industrial complex. Careers are being made in this industry.
L.A. firemen are the worst I have ever witnessed in my life. What they are doing here is 100% incorrect; not moving forward, they have no visibility, zero control, and they are just pouring water. I have seen countless moments of "firefighters" standing 30 yards away, while the camera view clearly show no immediate danger zone. I have seen them shooting 1000s of gallons of water to ceilings when the actual fire is on the roof. I haven't witnessed one ladder! No one! No T3 Tready Hooks! Likewise, I have seen hoses looping and tangling when there are only two in use. I have seen "firefighters" holding the hose with one hand, the other in their pocket. A lance should be held under your armpit, and worked with the entire body. They can't properly pull a line! I haven't seen one attacking the fire! This is pure madness! I am still enraged against what they call "L.A. firefighters!" This is beyond wokeness! *I AM A FIREFIGHTER SEARCH & RESCUE!*
Maybe you should stop complaining from afar then and go help them out. Actually be proactive and use your intelligence to better the situation instead of sitting behind your computer criticizing people that are working hard and putting themselves in dangerous situations.
@@apologyrejected-3531 He/she would not get hired because he/she is not WOKE but objective meaning wanting to put out fires and not TALK about them at a Woke Seminar.
Ok so she was well aware of the critical warnings of fire… yet- she CHOSE to skip out… as a critical leader for LA… ppl. She at that time should have prepared like a leader…. And protected her jurisdiction while helping her jurisdiction prepare too…. She doesn’t belong to be a leader- release her position.
Incompetent to the core. Dereliction of duty before, currently, and probably until she is kicked out of this sweet deal, overpaid, not required to much of anything, fictitious job.
LA Mayor Karen Bass handed out rich city contracts, forcing drastic cuts to fire department months before deadly wildfires: records By Jon Levine Published Jan. 11, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET
Where she was at or what she was doing at the time of the outbreak of the fire doesnt matter to this situation. What matters is her policies that lead to the fires and her response to the fires. Both of which were absolutely terrible. Yes we should be asking why an LA mayor thought she had official business to do in Ghana, but its not the main issue right now.
Yes she did leave after the warnings were issued. She knew.
Whew! I'm glad she left afterwards.
Still a Basswipe, though!
I suspect so
@@jimmyfortrue3741 Newsom sent her. He’s pulling her puppet strings but too much of an idiot to not get caught. But that’s alright. I’m here legally and just love to bend over and see my tax dollars wasted on someone who should take responsibility for their own actions.
She knew the date/time a fire was going to ignite? If someone had that exact prediction they should have shared it publicly.
@MyLil_Buttercup They were warnings about the conditions being perfect for such a fire. It is somewhat similar to being able to forecast a severe storm or hurricane potentially hitting an area. She was aware of the warnings but decided to leave anyways.
Grifting. No reason to go to Ghana on the tax payer dime.
Abbott and before him, Rick Perry traveled the world as Gov.
Although I don't live in CA, maybe she was negotiating relocation of darkies? 🤔
*Incompetent Bass should resign today.*
She's a mayor, not a governor or high-ranking international official, and was warned of the high fire risk in the LA area. She put her interest in Guam ahead of her own city.
@@linjp2773 Bass for Ghana mayor.
These displaced homeowners are homeless, and this is the mayor's specialty.
*Incompetent Bass should resign today.*
COCK tails
@@edbrophy4602 what makes you think travel is her specialty? Does she travel a lot?
Part of a Biden administration delegation attending a political event. More like picking up a load of gold!
She must be recalled. The consensus is clear
Bass for Ghana mayor.
They will still vote for her
Why recall?
@@joshschang4993 I would. If people can vote for a convicted felon, amongst other things why attack Mayor Bass? If it’s because she flew to Ghana and immediately returned try again.
Please start a movement to recall her
@@sungchul are you in California?
Bass promised not to travel abroad. She lied.
3 times, she said what eveybody wanted to hear. There's been a lot of that
That's what democrats do they lie
She was asked to go by POTUS.
"Mayor" Bass MUST be prosecuted for criminal negligence.
@@danegunther6621 not before Trump…. Your comment is so idiotic. Negligence for what? Not predicting 90 mph winds and the date and time of fire was going to start? Or perhaps control the physics of water pressure? Stick to your day job and she’ll stick t hers getting us through this crisis.
There is absolutely no reason that an american mayor should be doing diplomat missions
Free stuff
it was diplomatic. She was on a taxpayers vacation.
@@thatguy9154 it’s funny how civilians think they dictate the response to a presidential request.
She needs to go!!
She did go. And then she came back. What more do you want?
@@62Cristoforo right?? These people are reckless with their accusations.
You think
RESIGN..........NO QUESTION .....SHE FAILED.
Failed what? Controlling the wind?
How was she able to take a military aircraft and who’s military. As a civilian working for the military, i cant hop on a military aircraft and have it take me home. If it was a United States military aircraft, who paid for that? This lady has too many issues going on and needs to go.
Agree, someone was doing a favor for her. She definitely needs to be recalled.
A crisis broke out in CA you bet she’s gonna catch a military plane home. She had to get back!
It was Ghana military aircraft based on the magnitude of seriousness of the issue at home. The US is not having Air Force aircraft sitting in Ghana. It was Ghana military aircraft.
she needs to be fired as mayor get some one new
New, but "qualified"
@@jxpat did she cause the fire? did she take the fire department with her to Ghana? Are there not institutions to handle such matters? The Mayor can be anywhere, all she need to do is to give orders. She is not a superwoman to go quench the fire. think people and stop lambasting her because she is black.
@joskytravels she's black? Had no idea! Does this mean I should give my soul sister a pass?
Let's just throw a few facts out there. $17M cut from the fire department's budget. Massive amount equipment from the fire department out of commission. No water in the hydrants. No water in the Palos Verdes reservoir. Firefighting planes and equipment from other states and counties initially turned away. Finally, she ignored the warnings and went to Ghana anyway. So far her leadership skills are awful.
Anyway, I escaped Southern California back in 1986. The liberal incompetence is off the charts, so I never went back.
@@joskytravelsSo damn tired of people playing the race card. Unqualified is unqualified no matter what color you are.
@joskytravels ummm....people are blasting Newsom and he's as white as white gets
"Cocktails While City Burns"
In my country that would get you fired.
What possible compelling foreign policy interest could the city of LA have with Ghana? Who signed off on the trip?
I read it was Biden. And now he's telling us the sky is falling with Trump coming in. I don't remember that from his first presidency!
This is leadership!!?????????
Yes….
In Ghana getting royal treatment that she does not deserve.
Why doesn’t she? I’m guessing you voted for the convicted felon? If you did, you don’t get to judge.
@@MyLil_Buttercup You don't get to tell me who I can and cannot vote for. You clearly don't understand how power works. She chose a terrible time to go enjoy comforts abroad, you not being able to see the issue tells me all I need to know about your cognitive limitations. People like you who don't understand that leadership requires integrity, are a huge problem. Go read a book My lil Buttercup.
@@MyLil_Buttercup Why DOES she is the BETTER question. Please don't be the type who is just happy to see a black person in power. Those leadership positions require actual integrity and dedication to the public. She is in a SERVICE role. She was not elected princess. Her job is not to enjoy life for all the black people who did not. No her job is to SERVE the people. You not understanding that screams lack of integrity and cognitive limitation. It's people like you who think that finally having some power means you can act a whole ass. That's why we have so little power. When we get it we think it's time to get back all we lost in the past. That's literally against the law. She does not deserve to be worshipped by the people, her role is to damn near worship the people. She failed her city, she failed California and now she gets to pay the consequences of failing. She does NOT DESERVE lavish comforts that the taxpayers pay for? How can you not see that???
I live in Ventura County right next to LA county.
The high wind red flag warnings came out on Thursday Jan 2.
She knew about the windstorm coming and still left on her trip on Jan 4.
Terrible leadership on all levels!
No state politicians need to travel internationally on the tax payers dime.
Even Bass said this 😂 y'all bought it
"Hey, it's not my fault. See these pics, I was in Ghana".
Can’t she have fun? Malania was there for fun too no one said a word.
KEEP SMILING BASS
Well we all know the people of Los Angeles need closer ties with Ghana!! Priorities first folks...
this sums up perfectly the arrogance and disconnect of those that run the country and the people they are meant to serve
When she was running for mayor she said she would do no international trips lol.
These rich politicians say just about everything you want to hear. After elected they go against every single letter and word they’ve spoken
Democrats = lies n bs to get elected
TH-cam-google why are you deleting honest truthful comments with no cursing, no threats & no violence????Are you anti-semitic as well???Shalom
TH-cam is ruthless...
Yes
she just acts like she don’t care
100% false. If you want to see tears there’s no time for that
Even insurance companies knew that the strong wind could cause fire. She was aware of that.
Sounds very suspicious doesn't it 🤔
No…it doesn’t….
Why are tax payers footing the bill for her to fly out of the country???? She is only a Mayor. She is not in Congress or Senate. She is only a Mayor. I don't want to foot these bills for her to trapes around to other Countries.
Bass was out of the U.S. on 5 different occasions while serving(?)as Mayor of LA . While campaigning, she stated that she wouldn't leave the Country if elected.
Arrest her.
Why? If a convicted felon can be voted into office I’d say that’s a double standard. These comments are reckless. Let’s wait for all the information to come out. Not sound bites from news media.
DRUNK? OUT OF TOWN? SOUNDS LIKE HARRIS OR NANCY TOO.
Why? Who says she was drunk? You all are ridiculous. Help your neighbor who lost everything otherwise shut it….
Leaving during fire season is enough.
Mayor Bass should resign and should take Newsom with her.
Why? Stop it and help your neighbor who lost everything. We need them in place to coordinate more help. States and countries don’t offer this magnitude of help for just anyone.
They are all given these easy overpaid jobs by their friends and are never expected to do anything. They take on the position thinking there is something required of them but soon find out they can sit back, relax, not rock the boat, pander to their friends, take the money, stay quiet and eat up the perks just like all the others.
She has the worst preacher BS sales talk ever when the Martin Luther voice comes out shut it off.
Karen Bass said in an interview she would not travel internationally. She has traveled 3 times.
Joe's lie counter has reset 7 times as it only goes to 99999
Did taxpayers pay for that trip to Ghana?
when she goes there ,she is the QUEEN of Ghana.2028 she will run with gavin newsom for president of Ghana .
@nhatquangtran-lt5zb they should both be tried for treason
yeah they did
She should of stayed there
Why did Karen Bass hire an outsider from PG&E to run LADWP (for $750K a year)? I live in NorCal and PG&E is my utility provider/ extorter. But the mayor should have hired someone who was extremely familiar with LA's Water systems and infrastructure, aqueduct, reservoirs, pumping systems, rivers, etc, -not someone from NorCal who knows NOTHING about LA's Water Infrastructure and resources. Also why did Bass cut the LAFD Budget such that hundreds of Fire Fighting Apparatus are sitting dormant unused in a massive LAFD Maintenance Yard? Kristen Crowley is definitely also at fault. It's easy to fire-splain after a catastrophic event has occurred. She wasn't vocal enough before this happened (even with the letters she wrote to the mayor on the issue).
FOLDED UNDER PRESSURE
like a cheap umbrella.
LA Mayor's office: Grifters are Us
She’s a beast get rid of her!!!! Nasty righteous, get her out of office
As long as she was having fun at taxpayer expense instead of planning for fire prevention.
I guess she doesn't want to retire, she's 71, but rather continue to get free trips on taxpayers?!
yeah
Why was she in Africa, to learn how to build mud huts?
I guess to make housing affordable for people like you…👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Ur country will be a mud hut very soon u ignorant clown sit there Africa is on the rise and ur wicked America is falling be there talking crap
With that your burnt wounded houses you hv the nerve to be talking about mud hut😒
Nero played fiddle while Rome burned...
Where and what is a Ghana what's that got to do with America
Nothing with L.A.
A place where rainbow ppl are not recognized, reality over fairytales.
@@JacksonLawrence-c5t you get your gold from Ghana
Ghana is where your ancestors stole from
@@joskytravelswater is more important than gold. Gold can’t take out a fire.
That tax payers paid for!
Bass is like a fish out of water ….
She has asked for millions and millions of dollars 💸 for the homeless crisis which it has gotten worse, and now she's drinking 🍸 on vacation while she knew the city she is overlooking is going up in fire, if she has a little bit of dignity she should resign 🤞
Of course the homeless crisis is worse. If you put out cat food, you get more cats. The homeless people are not locals who fell into temporary difficulty. Our policies are attracting them from across the country. And now we have created a massive homeless industrial complex. Careers are being made in this industry.
L.A. firemen are the worst I have ever witnessed in my life.
What they are doing here is 100% incorrect; not moving forward, they have no visibility, zero control, and they are just pouring water.
I have seen countless moments of "firefighters" standing 30 yards away, while the camera view clearly show no immediate danger zone. I have seen them shooting 1000s of gallons of water to ceilings when the actual fire is on the roof.
I haven't witnessed one ladder! No one! No T3 Tready Hooks!
Likewise, I have seen hoses looping and tangling when there are only two in use. I have seen "firefighters" holding the hose with one hand, the other in their pocket. A lance should be held under your armpit, and worked with the entire body. They can't properly pull a line! I haven't seen one attacking the fire!
This is pure madness! I am still enraged against what they call "L.A. firefighters!" This is beyond wokeness!
*I AM A FIREFIGHTER SEARCH & RESCUE!*
Maybe you should stop complaining from afar then and go help them out. Actually be proactive and use your intelligence to better the situation instead of sitting behind your computer criticizing people that are working hard and putting themselves in dangerous situations.
@@apologyrejected-3531 He/she would not get hired because he/she is not WOKE but objective meaning wanting to put out fires and not TALK about them at a Woke Seminar.
@@TimothyStclair-v4p Could you translate that for all the non autistic people out there
@@apologyrejected-3531no, maybe they should hire people that know what to do and will do it.
@@TimothyStclair-v4p You mean “they”.
She knew she should be fired
She is incompetent !
Her vacation pictures show that she had a wonderful time. I don't think she wanted to leave.
At least she had her priorities properly aligned.
It wasn't a diplomatic trip. Stop saying that nonsense.
Ok so she was well aware of the critical warnings of fire… yet- she CHOSE to skip out… as a critical leader for LA… ppl.
She at that time should have prepared like a leader….
And protected her jurisdiction while helping her jurisdiction prepare too….
She doesn’t belong to be a leader- release her position.
Blame her!!I am not surprised that the Republicans & Caruso supporters are doing this!
Resign, bass..
A lot of FBAs are taking advantage of Ghanas free land offers to African Americans . She was working out a deal maybe.
Absent at the most critical time in L.A. history
Learned Bass was a member of the M-19 group? How did she become mayor of LA?
Put karen bass in jail
Reporter: mayor why did the fire hydrants have no water?
Mayor: i will not politicize this issue
Reporter: ?
I don’t blame her I too would want to get away from all those rainbow people.
She is a bow fool
blame mayor Bass was cutting budge for fire department
The public cannot vote blindly anymore. She is no leader.
Can I get a show of hands from those people that voted for Bass and Newsome??
She's got to go now !!!
Why, was she going to bring some Ghana immigrants to LA or something? Why don't you do your job! Hate these DEI hires
Why was this person ever elected?
Her and the governor need to go!
Incompetent to the core.
Dereliction of duty before, currently, and probably until she is kicked out of this sweet deal, overpaid, not required to much of anything, fictitious job.
Recall Mayor Bass!
THIS IS HER CULTURE
This made me think of fish stew
Makes me think of stepping in dog poo
Mayor "BUST!!" Not Mayor Bass...
She spent time in Dubai with real estate developers she traveled overseas alot
LA Mayor Karen Bass handed out rich city contracts, forcing drastic cuts to fire department months before deadly wildfires: records
By Jon Levine
Published Jan. 11, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET
They know the wind was coming and she laughed so when they set the fire she wouldn't be blamed
"DRINKS ON ME!!!"
It’s true, she had nothing to do with fires, she was in Ghana, you can find her at URL!
Where did she find the hot water to jump into since there's no water in or around LA? That water could have been used to put out the fires.
She knew about the fires. We all did in LA! She disgusts me and should resign immediately. She had no business in Ghana.
Jeesh, it's what they do!
Not news!
Nobody really cares. The citizens of LA will vote for her every day twice on Sunday 😊
The DEI fires of 2025
Mayor Bass: Where's my fiddle?
If they were to use cold water they wouldn't be in hot water
Also Joe went from New Orleans to Los Angeles the night the fire broke
Now you wonder, how much "TAX payer" Money to Ghana for the cocktail party. She already used the tax payer money on the flight using a military plane.
Where she was at or what she was doing at the time of the outbreak of the fire doesnt matter to this situation. What matters is her policies that lead to the fires and her response to the fires. Both of which were absolutely terrible. Yes we should be asking why an LA mayor thought she had official business to do in Ghana, but its not the main issue right now.
Sympay for LA residents can only go so far when thry keep electing these incompetent fools.
If she really had cocktails while the fires raged on; I have no words!
If she ran for Prez, she'd win California
She should have just stayed in Ghana, and resigned remotely.
Bass, lightweight!
Ghana is the AFRICAN country willing to help BLACK AMERICAN'S relocate and "come home". Maybe she there to relocate
Power to the people right on. Trump for America and American citizens...
Throw her in jail!
I don’t feel sorry for California as they say “be careful what you ask for”. Or in this case be careful who you vote for. Voters asked and they got
She must be arrested due to gross negligence