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People watching Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s colossally tone-deaf response to her city’s wildfire Caltastrophe have been treated to the range and breadth of her public persona — her public character — which mostly consists of world-class eliding, smiling, and cheerleading. Alas, cheers appear to be the only thing this woman is capable of leading. And things just got worse with her first sit-down interview. Though the fires have been put out, another one was set with this 17-minute stinker. P.U.
Itturnsout,thatBass(rhymeswith)leavingthecountryandgoingtoAfricaamidtheNationalWeatherService’sunprecedenteddirewindwarningswasactuallythefirechief’sfault.Shesaidthisinadifferentway,ofcourse,butshemadeitclearthatPresidentBidenwantedhertogotoGhana“onhisbehalf”andwhen“Italkedabout[thedirewindwarnings]with”theFireChiefKristinCrowley,thechieftampedherconcerns.
AngelenoswillbesurprisedtolearnthatsheconsultedanyoneabouttheweatherforecastorgoingtoAfrica,buttherewasareasonshebroughtitwithlocalFoxL.A.politicalreporterElex
