When the New York Times begins throwing progressive Democrats under the bus, you know the crisis is real, and it’s spectacular. That’s especially true when the progressive media begins to hold progressives accountable for campaign promises in the wake of a disaster. Suddenly, no one wants to have Karen Bass standing too closely.
The NYT recalls one particular Bass campaign promise today, contrasting it with her AWOL status in Ghana as Los Angeles burned:
After the first rally in her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles in 2021, Karen Bass spoke candidly about what she saw as a potential drawback to the job — a lack of world travel and involvement in global affairs.
Ms. Bass was accustomed to circling the globe as a Democratic member of Congress and of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and had spent decades working on U.S.-Africa relations. It was one of the…
