{"id":2388391,"date":"2025-01-09T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-mayor-sidesteps-reporter-questioning-her-leadership-as-fires-rage-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:42:08","slug":"los-angeles-mayor-sidesteps-reporter-questioning-her-leadership-as-fires-rage-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-mayor-sidesteps-reporter-questioning-her-leadership-as-fires-rage-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles mayor sidesteps reporter questioning her leadership as fires rage &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Flos-angeles-mayor-sidesteps-reporter-questioning-her-leadership-as-fires-rage-washington-examiner%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=2388391&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>Los angeles Mayor Karen Bass\u200c faced criticism when she avoided answering\u2063 a reporter&#8217;s question about her leadership during the ongoing wildfires that have claimed the lives \u2063of five people. When asked if she \u2064felt she was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">demonstrating effective leadership amid<\/a> the crisis, Bass stated that her priority remains focused\u200c on \u200bwhat she believes is most crucial at this time. The situation \u2063has drawn attention, \u200despecially sence the reporter mentioned that \u2063she had been in Ghana when the wildfires started. Bass&#8217;s response\u200c has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-references-nazi-propaganda-minister-joseph-goebbels-as-he-attacks-hawley-and-cruz-hawley-responds-video\/\" title=\"Biden References Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels as he Attacks Hawley and Cruz \u2013 Hawley Responds (VIDEO)\">raised questions<\/a> about her accountability in addressing the emergency.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Los Angeles mayor sidesteps reporter questioning her leadership as fires rage<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1930838\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karen Bass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LBYykw-B3ws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">skirted a question<\/a> by a reporter who asked if she believes she is displaying effective leadership amid the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Los Angeles<\/a> wildfires, which have so far killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281246\/california-fires-los-angeles-palisades-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">five people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I just said what I believe is the most important thing for us right now, and that is going to continue to be my focus,&rdquo; Bass said in response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this question, the reporter brought up that Bass was in Ghana when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fires<\/a> broke out Tuesday. The reporter shared how his news team arrived immediately in Los Angeles and how the city was not equipped to handle the crisis. He even mentioned to Bass that he did not see a single fire truck on the street.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You were out of the country at the time,&rdquo; the reporter said to Bass.&nbsp;&ldquo;Shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secy-psaki-dodges-questions-on-u-s-relations-with-israel\/\" title=\"White House Press Secy Psaki dodges questions on U.S. relations with Israel\">fire started<\/a>, a press release was put out warning of this fire behavior. My question to you is, what explains this lack of preparation and rapid response?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me just say, first and foremost, my No. 1 focus, and I think the focus of all of us here with one voice, is that we have to protect lives. We have to save lives, and we have to save homes,&rdquo; Bass said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But that didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; the reporter interjected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rest assured,&rdquo; Bass said. &ldquo;When that is done, when we are safe, when lives have been saved, and homes have been saved, we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn&rsquo;t work and to correct or to hold accountable anybody, department, individual, etc., but my focus right now is on the lives and on the homes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Later in the press conference, another reporter questioned Bass about the lack of resources available to first responders and cited how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/broadways-big-return\/\" title=\"Broadway\u2019s Big Return\">fire hydrants<\/a> aren&rsquo;t working.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re almost 48 hours after this fire started,&rdquo; the reporter said. &ldquo;Where&rsquo;s the National Guard?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response, Bass cited how the unprecedented winds have exacerbated the wildfires.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We all know that this has been an unprecedented event,&rdquo; Bass said. &ldquo;We also know that fire hydrants are not constructed to deal with this type of massive devastation and that the No. 1 problem, especially on Tuesday, I mean, on Wednesday, was the fact that we weren&rsquo;t able to do the air support because of the winds. And so, of course, I am absolutely frustrated by that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2748826&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=933306b8b6a90657df1c1915827f31b9\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bass&rsquo;s responses to the reporter&rsquo;s questions during Thursday&rsquo;s press conference were polar opposite to how she responded when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281073\/karen-bass-stares-wordlessly-reporter-cornered-los-angeles-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">questioned by a reporter <\/a>as she was coming off the plane from her trip in Ghana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the 90-second exchange, the reporter asked Bass ten questions, to which she stared blankly and gave no response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1930838\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1930838\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass dodges reporter&#8217;s leadership question during wildfires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2388392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MixCollage-08-Jan-2025-08-59-PM-6969.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5231,5191,36585,4602],"class_list":["post-2388391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fires","tag-leadership","tag-los-angeles","tag-mayor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MixCollage-08-Jan-2025-08-59-PM-6969.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388391","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388395,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388391\/revisions\/2388395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}