Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signaled this week that she regrets taking her trip to Ghana despite her city being at risk of wildfires at the time due to the powerful Santa Ana winds and dry conditions.
Bass was asked by a reporter at the end of a press conference on Tuesday about the trip.
“Looking back, would you have taken that trip overseas?” the reporter asked.
Bass responded, “You know, I am gonna focus today on what we–”
When the reporter started to push back, Bass responded bluntly by throwing her hands up, declaring “no,” and walking away.
Bass was more than 7,000 miles away from the fires when they erupted last week.
She was visiting Ghana with three others for the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama, who was elected last year.
Bass has also faced intense scrutiny over cutting millions of dollars from the city’s fire department budget.
