{"id":2388215,"date":"2025-01-09T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-you-think-kamala-was-a-bad-vp-look-at-what-other-woman-on-shortlist-just-did-to-wildfire-racked-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:34:48","slug":"if-you-think-kamala-was-a-bad-vp-look-at-what-other-woman-on-shortlist-just-did-to-wildfire-racked-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-you-think-kamala-was-a-bad-vp-look-at-what-other-woman-on-shortlist-just-did-to-wildfire-racked-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Think Kamala Was a Bad VP, Look at What Other Woman on Shortlist Just Did to Wildfire-Racked Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-you-think-kamala-was-a-bad-vp-look-at-what-other-woman-on-shortlist-just-did-to-wildfire-racked-los-angeles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the political\u2062 landscape\u2063 concerning \u2064President Joe Biden \u200dand Vice President Kamala Harris, especially in light \u2063of Harris&#8217;s failing 2024 presidential\u2062 campaign. The author critiques her lack of learning from past mistakes during her 2020 \u2064campaign\u2063 and suggests that she \u200dmight be relegated\u200b to a lesser \u2063role in a future Democratic administration. The piece also reflects on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her performance\u2062 amid \u2063devastating \u200cwildfires in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-plans-to-stop-homeless-from-sheltering-on-subways\/\" title=\"NYC Plans to Stop Homeless From Sheltering on Subways\">recently elected mayor<\/a>, is\u200c criticized \u200bfor her absence\u2064 during the crisis \u200cas she was out of the country during \u200cthis critical period. The article highlights her past budget cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department and her inability to respond effectively to critical\u200c questions regarding her \u200dleadership during the disaster. The author \u2062also contrasts Bass&#8217;s actions with the response \u200bof President Biden, emphasizing the perceived incompetence of \u200bBass during a time when decisive leadership was required.the article \u200dpaints a bleak picture of Democratic leadership, questioning the\u2064 effectiveness of key figures like Harris and Bass.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden is almost in our rearview mirrors &mdash; and, one suspects, so is Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, politicians can obviously make comebacks. (See: Trump, Donald.) That being said, Kamala&rsquo;s flailing and failing 2024 presidential campaign proved she hadn&rsquo;t learned anything from her abortive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/03\/us\/politics\/on-politics-kamala-harris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 campaign<\/a>, and one assumes she will be making the same mistakes in 2028 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Much like other failed Democratic presidential standard-bearers, expect her to get some sort of vague role in a future Democratic administration &mdash; think &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/investigation-launched-biden-climate-envoy-john-kerry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate envoy<\/a>&rdquo; or &ldquo;intersectionality czar&rdquo; &mdash; hopefully later rather than sooner. However, for those of you who shudder to think of what might have been, witness the Southern California wildfires and Karen Bass, the woman currently failing in her job as mayor of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don&rsquo;t remember the vetting process for Biden&rsquo;s running mate &mdash; which took on extra importance due to the high-mileage candidate&rsquo;s age, something that the media would later claim wasn&rsquo;t at all an issue before admitting it was and demanding he step aside for the woman he chose, then-Sen. Harris &mdash; Bass was one of the three black women who emerged as the trio of top candidates in the veepstakes.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Bass was chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and a member of the House from California. Harris and Bass, along with Susan Rice &mdash; chair of the national security council under the Obama administration &mdash; were the three receiving the most mentions as possible candidates.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>While other women entered the considerations &mdash; Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, now-former Rep. Val Demings of Florida, and now-former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms were three mentioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/26\/politics\/joe-biden-running-mate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> in June of 2020 &mdash; that trio eventually got the most scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Biden&rsquo;s team apparently felt that Bass&rsquo; past association with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-karen-bass-called-communist-dictators-death-great-loss-victims-arent-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castro regime in Cuba<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cal-thomas-3-things-gutsy-journalist-ask-karen-bass-bidens-potential-running-mate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;Church&rdquo; of Scientology<\/a> (along with Rice&rsquo;s part in the Obama administration&rsquo;s preposterous attempts to blame the Benghazi consulate attack on some random YouTube video) made those candidates potential liabilities, culminating in the choice of Harris.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s probably just as well, when you look at the city of Los Angeles and what the current mayor is doing during one of its biggest crises in recent years &mdash; the wildfires ravaging Southern California, which have claimed five lives and have forced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/08\/us\/california-wildfire-la-palisades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evacuation<\/a> of over 100,000 people, as well as scorched thousands of acres of land.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, who was elected mayor in 2022 after a decade and change in Congress, as was part of a delegation that went to Accra, Ghana, for the inauguration of new Ghanian President John Mahama and Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the country&rsquo;s first female veep, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5073929-la-mayor-bass-criticized-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only was she out of the country for the wildfires, but she&rsquo;s under scrutiny for the decisions she made with the Los Angeles Fire Department before that as well.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not like this couldn&rsquo;t have been anticipated, either. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/weather\/wildfires\/california-windstorm-fire-risk-rcna186525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, given the weather forecast for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-survivors-of-massive-fire-hear-biden-brag-about-windmills-with-100-yard-wingspans\/\" title=\"Colorado Survivors Of Massive Fire Hear Biden Brag About \u2018Windmills\u2019 With \u2018100-Yard Wingspans\u2019\">unusually high winds<\/a> and very low humidity and recent rainfall, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was already preemptively ordering state resources to be diverted to Southern California in case anything broke out.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t until Wednesday, however &mdash; well after the storm was underway and evacuation orders were in place &mdash; that Bass began her return to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, she &mdash; or at least her team &mdash; was talking up how dire the situation was on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An emergency shelter is open in the city for residents evacuating from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SunsetFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SunsetFire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#128205;Pan Pacific Recreational Center: 7600 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036.<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re in the evacuation zone, please heed the evacuation order immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7cmw51c61x\">pic.twitter.com\/7cmw51c61x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1877196554039099798?\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Mandatory Evacuation Order is now in place for residents between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park.<\/p>\n<p>The boundaries are:<\/p>\n<p>&#128205;Laurel Canyon Blvd (on the west) to&#128205;Mulholland Dr (on the north) to<br \/> &#128205;101 Freeway (on the east) down to<br \/> &#128205;Hollywood Blvd (on the south)<\/p>\n<p>If you are near&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HvKwUBy8p9\">pic.twitter.com\/HvKwUBy8p9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1877193893844050397?\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She also reposted outgoing President Biden &mdash; her one-time prospective boss &mdash; showing him being more on top of the situation than she, the mayor of the biggest city in Southern California, was. Please do let that sink in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Already, my team has provided 24\/7 weather forecast support, sent 5 Air Tankers and 10 firefighting helicopters, prepositioned dozens of fire engines, approved grants to reimburse firefighting costs, and I&rsquo;ve approved Governor Newsom&rsquo;s request for a Major Disaster Declaration.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1877119937845604608?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bass also stood stone-faced, unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-right-to-be-let-alone-when-the-government-wants-to-know-all-your-business\/\" title=\"The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business\">answer questions posed<\/a> to her by a reporter who noted Elon Musk had called her &ldquo;utterly incompetent.&rdquo; She was also asked why she previously cut millions from the fire department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Do you owe your citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire budget by millions of dollars?<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk says that you&rsquo;re utterly incompetent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Karen Bass has no response. She failed Los Angeles. Never seen a politician&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dtGGTlsuwL\">pic.twitter.com\/dtGGTlsuwL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1877141737228960055?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I can&rsquo;t believe I&rsquo;m saying this, but at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/everybody-missed-really-happened-didnt-shake-kamalas-hand-now-looks-even-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">give Kamala Harris<\/a> this much: She would have attempted one of those circuitous non-answer answers of hers, not just stood there and looked like a buffoon. Sure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-kamala-harriss-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it would&rsquo;ve sounded something like<\/a> &ldquo;we did what we had to be done about what we have to do, and that&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re going to do it, and that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m doing it: because it needed to be done, which is why we&rsquo;re in the process of doing it, and we&rsquo;ll tell you why it was done, because it needed to be done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But at least that&rsquo;s an attempt at words coming out of her mouth. Bass didn&rsquo;t even bother.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/08\/us-news\/stone-faced-la-mayor-karen-bass-refuses-to-answer-questions-about-absence-as-wildfires-rage-across-her-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> noted, Bass cut $17.6 million from the LAFD&rsquo;s budget for this fiscal year. That and a visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-woods-encounters-girl-8-fire-says-things-will-make-grown-man-cry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Ghana<\/a> (not part of her constituency, for those of you who don&rsquo;t have a world map handy) makes this look worse than it already does.<\/p>\n<p>When she knew that a generational-scale disaster was potentially about to break out in her city, she didn&rsquo;t cut her trip short. Then she refused to even take questions.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/08\/us-news\/how-la-ran-out-of-water-in-the-middle-of-the-palisades-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post<\/a> reported, the city is dealing with fire hydrants that have no water supply, partially in thanks to what it called &ldquo;years of mismanagement of LA&rsquo;s water system &mdash; including a federal indictment of a leader and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high profile resignations &#038;mdash<\/a>; as well as major operational problems that drained reserves too quickly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Just think: This woman could have been one heartbeat away from the presidency, all thanks to Joe Biden&rsquo;s desire to pander to the base. Not because she was particularly adept at her job, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/klobuchar-says-told-biden-pick-woman-color-running-mate-withdrew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but because she checked all the right boxes<\/a>. Given Biden&rsquo;s decision to abandon the race after his horrid performance in the June debate, the Democrats might have been in the hands of a woman who abandoned her city in the literal heat of disaster.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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While politicians can certainly bounce back (like Donald Trump), Harris&#8217;s struggling 2024 presidential campaign indicates she hasn&#8217;t gained any insights from her unsuccessful 2020 run, suggesting she may repeat the same errors in 2028 and beyond. Like other unsuccessful Democratic candidates, she might receive a vague position in a future Democratic administration\u2014perhaps as a &#8220;climate envoy&#8221; or &#8220;intersectionality czar&#8221;\u2014but hopefully not anytime soon. For those who dread considering what could have been, just look at the wildfires in Southern California and Karen Bass, who is currently underperforming as mayor of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>For those who may not recall the vetting process for Biden\u2019s running mate\u2014which was particularly significant due to his age\u2014the media initially downplayed concerns about it before later acknowledging them and calling for him to step aside for then-Senator Harris. Bass was one of three prominent Black women considered for the role alongside Harris and Susan Rice, former chair of the National Security Council under Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Although other women were also mentioned\u2014such as Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Representatives Val Demings and Keisha Lance Bottoms\u2014the focus remained on this trio. Ultimately, Biden&#8217;s team deemed Bass&#8217;s past connections with Cuba\u2019s Castro regime and Scientology\u2014as well as Rice\u2019s involvement in blaming a YouTube video for the Benghazi attack\u2014as potential liabilities that led to choosing Harris instead.<\/p>\n<p>This decision appears fortuitous given Los Angeles&#8217;s current crisis with wildfires that have resulted in five fatalities and forced over 100,000 evacuations. Mayor Bass was elected in 2022 after serving over ten years in Congress but chose to attend an inauguration ceremony in Ghana during this critical time back home.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did she leave while her city faced disaster, but she&#8217;s also facing criticism regarding her prior decisions related to the Los Angeles Fire Department. This situation wasn&#8217;t unexpected; California Governor Gavin Newsom had already mobilized state resources due to forecasts predicting high winds and low humidity before fires broke out. However, it wasn&#8217;t until Wednesday\u2014after evacuation orders were issued\u2014that Bass began returning from her trip.<\/p>\n<p>While away, she or her team attempted to address the situation via social media by promoting emergency shelters for evacuees but failed to respond effectively when questioned about her absence during such a significant crisis or why she had previously cut millions from fire department funding.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to how Kamala Harris might have handled similar scrutiny with convoluted responses at least attempting engagement with reporters&#8217; questions\u2014even if they lacked substance\u2014Bass stood silent when confronted about Elon Musk labeling her \u201cutterly incompetent.\u201d Furthermore, reports indicate that underfunding has left some fire hydrants without water due partly to years of mismanagement within LA\u2019s water system.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth reflecting on how close this woman came to potentially being president simply because Joe Biden sought political correctness rather than merit-based selection\u2014a choice made despite evident inadequacies demonstrated by abandoning her city amid an unprecedented disaster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Harris-and-Bass.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32438,36585,22644],"class_list":["post-2388215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kamala-harris","tag-los-angeles","tag-wildfire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Harris-and-Bass.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388223,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388215\/revisions\/2388223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}