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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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