Asked about her trip to Ghana just before the wildfires erupted, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she "hated the fact that I was out of the city when the city needed me the most."
"Obviously I hated the fact that I was out of the city when the city needed me the most," Bass said during an interview.
Fox News' Chanley Painter and Judge Jeanine Pirro join 'Fox & Friends' to react to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claiming she wasn't aware of fire warnings before her Ghana trip and the Marine Corps honoring Daniel Penny's subway actions.
Mayor Karen Bass admits guilt after being asked about being in Ghana for a mission trip when the Eaton and Palisades fires broke out in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faces criticism for her response to wildfires, including her absence in Ghana and alleged mishandling of the crisis.
() - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she was not aware of pre-fire warnings that would have meant she should cancel her trip to Ghana as part
The exchange of messages reveals how authorities initially assessed and activated the lowest level of emergency management to address the Palisades Fire, before the windswept blazes overwhelmed the response, displacing tens of thousands of residents in the Pacific Palisades area and testing the city’s emergency response systems.
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has offered a mind-boggling excuse for being 7,500 miles away in Ghana as her city was consumed by wildfires.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is desperately trying to deflect any blame for the devastating wildfires that destroyed her city. Bass sat down with KTTV anchor Elex Michaelson in a clip posted to social media platform X on Wednesday where she spoke about the situation surrounding those wildfires and her actions during that time,
Deadly wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area during Mayor Karen Bass’s visit to Ghana and constituents voiced outrage over their mayor being absent. Bass returned to Los Angeles the
Mayor Karen Bass criticized Kristin Crowley for sending firefighters home before a blaze devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.