{"id":2388371,"date":"2025-01-09T13:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayors-stone-faced-response-when-asked-to-apologize-to-residents-triggers-outrage\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:51:33","slug":"la-mayors-stone-faced-response-when-asked-to-apologize-to-residents-triggers-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayors-stone-faced-response-when-asked-to-apologize-to-residents-triggers-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Mayor&#8217;s Stone-Faced Response When Asked to Apologize to Residents Triggers Outrage"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fla-mayors-stone-faced-response-when-asked-to-apologize-to-residents-triggers-outrage%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=2388371&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>In a recent incident highlighted on \u200csocial media, Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">mayor<\/a> Karen Bass faced intense criticism after a Sky \u200bNews interview where she refused to answer questions about her\u200c lack of response to the ongoing wildfires in Southern California. During the encounter, correspondent\u2063 David Blevins pressed Bass, asking if she owed her constituents an apology for being absent while their \u2063homes were at risk.Bass&#8217;s silence and failure\u200d to engage with the reporter led to widespread outrage from\u2064 the public, with many calling for\u200c her \u200bto be recalled from office.Critiques on X (formerly Twitter) varied, with some labeling her \u200cbehavior \u2062as a sign of incompetence, \u2064while others speculated it \u200breflected deeper issues of arrogance and disconnection from the constituents she serves. Dr. Naomi Wolf suggested that Bass&#8217;s non-responsiveness might be indicative of \u2064tactics used \u200dby powerful political entities to demoralize and control the \u200dpublic, suggesting that such silence is a deliberate act to reinforce\u200d a sense of inferiority among the electorate.\u2062 The \u200bincident has become a rallying point \u2064for critics of Bass, highlighting the growing frustration with \u2062political leaders \u200dwho are perceived as unresponsive during crises.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some outraged Americans on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X attributed her reaction to a kind of deer-in-the-headlights-style panic.<\/p>\n<p>The likely truth, however, should strike readers as far more sinister.<\/p>\n<p>In a jaw-dropping video posted to X on Wednesday, correspondent David Blevins of the U.K.&rsquo;s Sky News repeatedly pressed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for an apology or a statement of some kind regarding her city&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-enough-water-fight-fire-effectively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abysmal response<\/a> to the wildfires raging in southern California, to which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-reportedly-called-smash-and-grab-victim-an-idiot-then-his-store-was-cited-for-various-violations\/\" title=\"Lori Lightfoot Reportedly Called Smash-And-Grab Victim An \u2018Idiot,\u2019 Then His Store Was Cited For Various Violations\">mayor offered<\/a> not one word.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today?&rdquo; Blevins asked.<\/p>\n<p>She said nothing.<\/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>&ldquo;No apology for them? Do you think you should have been visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-residents-rage-absent-mayor-wildfires-cause-devastation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghana<\/a> while this was unfolding back home?&rdquo; he asked moments later. Again, he received no reply.<\/p>\n<p>The encounter occurred at an airport. Bass never made eye contact with the reporter, though Blevins followed her until she left the building.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&lsquo;Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent whilst their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-los-angeles-earthquake-shakes-espn-studio-forces-host-to-take-things-into-her-own-hands\/\" title=\"Watch: Los Angeles Earthquake Shakes ESPN Studio, Forces Host to Take Things Into Her Own Hands\">fire department&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s budget?<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skydavidblevins?\">@skydavidblevins<\/a> questions the mayor of LA, Karen Bass, as she faces backlash regarding the California wildfires.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nkz8onjC7V\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nkz8onjC7V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwRwp6Imqz\">pic.twitter.com\/WwRwp6Imqz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1877115173443400065?\">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>Robbie Starbuck, a prominent anti-DEI activist on X, called it &ldquo;the most damning video of a politician being questioned during a disaster that I&rsquo;ve ever seen&rdquo; and &ldquo;truly a work of art.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the most damning video of a politician being questioned during a disaster that I&rsquo;ve ever seen. This <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews?\">@SkyNews<\/a> reporter just absolutely shredded the incompetent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. It&rsquo;s truly a work of art. &#128079;&#128079;&#128079;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/goqy5tXlbm\">pic.twitter.com\/goqy5tXlbm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1877123426738978882?\">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>Meanwhile, other X users looked to Bass&rsquo;s future electoral defeat or, better yet, her recall from office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What a disgrace. Not one word for the people she represents. She needs to be recalled immediately,&rdquo; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a disgrace. Not one word for the people she represents. She needs to be recalled immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louis Montoya (@montoyalouis1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/montoyalouis1\/status\/1877122864882598281?\">January 8, 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\">How to defeat Karen Bass:<\/p>\n<p>1) Run commercials playing this video without adding any commentary.<\/p>\n<p>2) That&rsquo;s it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2vZE4qqcdf\">pic.twitter.com\/2vZE4qqcdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmThePoliceLA\/status\/1877131971014328354?\">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>Many prominent conservatives on X, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/charlie-kirk-says-fox-news-shunned-organization-not-allowed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>, Collin Rugg, and &ldquo;Libs of TikTok,&rdquo; described Bass&rsquo;s response as freezing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Completely unacceptable. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass FREEZES when asked why she cut $20 million in funding to fire fighters, or why she was vacationing in Africa instead of managing the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>This is the look of someone utterly unfit for the enormity of her position. Rick&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A7DTEnzK6t\">pic.twitter.com\/A7DTEnzK6t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1877155488456126697?\">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\">JUST IN: Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass freezes up while getting absolutely skewered by a reporter for her horrible policies.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly how these people should be treated.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: &ldquo;Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDMTiclsKH\">pic.twitter.com\/IDMTiclsKH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1877125819723821318?\">January 8, 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\">LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer and freezes when a reporter asks her if she regrets cutting the Fire Department&rsquo;s budget by nearly $20 million and being in Africa during a devastating wildfire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BlLUri98zR\">pic.twitter.com\/BlLUri98zR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1877125522620076074?\">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>Other perceptive X users, however, had a very different, and seemingly more plausible, explanation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[D]id she freeze or did she exhibit arrogance in not answering questions?&rdquo; one user asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass, gets skewered by the media and is literally speechless.<\/p>\n<p>&#128566; did she freeze or did she exhibit arrogance in not answering questions?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PalisadesFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PalisadesFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l5A38YadEM\">pic.twitter.com\/l5A38YadEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Moni &#128149; (@MoniFunGirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoniFunGirl\/status\/1877148652981916064?\">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>Indeed, the best and most unsettling explanation of Bass&rsquo;s non-response came from Dr. Naomi Wolf, an author, journalist, and former liberal feminist who has long since recognized that diabolical forces control the modern establishment.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Wolf likened Bass&rsquo;s behavior to something one would see from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-argentine-president-javier-milei-goes-enemy-territory-bashes-socialism-wef-davos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Economic Forum<\/a> or in Communist China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She is not freezing. Nonresponsive officials are a WEF\/CCP tactic causing demoralization. Like the school boards that file out when questioned,&rdquo; Wolf wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She is not freezing. Nonresponsive officials are a WEF\/CCP tactic causing demoralization. Like the school boards that file out when questioned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVxUW1o0Vq\">https:\/\/t.co\/MVxUW1o0Vq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Naomi Wolf. 8 NYT Bestsellers. DPhil, Poetry. (@naomirwolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomirwolf\/status\/1877183095968772422?\">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>Indeed, Wolf&rsquo;s explanation constitutes the most perceptive insight into Bass&rsquo;s behavior.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, Bass and others of her ilk regard the peasants as beneath them. Thus, refusing to answer questions becomes a way of subtly reinforcing that inferiority and thereby controlling the masses.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone doubts this, ask yourselves: Have you ever seen President-elect Donald Trump or Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-jd-vance-take-toughest-media-challenge-yet-kamala-harris-anything-can-dodge-reporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> refuse questions? Could you imagine them or anyone you respect fleeing from reporters? Who does that?<\/p>\n<p>Well, of course, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-white-house-staffer-starts-yelling-desperate-attempt-stop-press-asking-biden-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> has spent most of his presidency avoiding the media. Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kamala-harris-goes-new-lengths-ensure-literally-cant-hear-questions-reporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> did likewise throughout her 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">subtle tactic designed &#038;mdash<\/a>; as Wolf perceptively noted &mdash; to inflict &ldquo;demoralization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, those who engage in such tactics do so over a long period of time. That way the peasants have no choice but to internalize their own relative insignificance.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Bass did not merely freeze. Nor does she represent mere incompetence. 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However, the reality may be much more troubling. In a shocking video shared on X Wednesday, Sky News correspondent David Blevins persistently questioned Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass about her lack of response to the devastating wildfires in Southern California, but she remained silent. &#8220;Do you have nothing to say to your citizens today?&#8221; he asked, receiving no answer. When he pressed further about whether she should have been in Ghana during this crisis, she still did not respond. This exchange took place at an airport where Bass avoided eye contact with Blevins as he followed her out of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Robby Starbuck, a notable anti-DEI activist on X, described it as &#8220;the most damning video of a politician being questioned during a disaster&#8221; and praised it as &#8220;truly a work of art.&#8221; Other users speculated about Bass&#8217;s potential electoral defeat or recall from office due to her silence: \u201cWhat a disgrace. 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