Karen Bass Makes Whopper of a Statement About

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ feedback around the anti-ICE riots that plagued her metropolis have been all over the place, and this newest one that the “riots never occurred” would possibly just take the cake.

During a press convention on Thursday, Bass made the weird remark when she was requested about the focused assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers and law enforcement in Texas, and what steps she would suggest if comparable unrest unfold to LA.

First, can we just tackle the mayor’s facial features as the reporter is asking her about the “escalation of violence” against ICE brokers? Was she puzzled when she seemed at others in the room and back at the reporter because she did not perceive the query? Or was it because this is information to her?

🚨LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS DENIES RIOTS EVER OCCURRED!

“The ‘riots’ that were reported NEVER HAPPENED!”

It’s all on video. We all noticed them. pic.twitter.com/MYWtWzogrb

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 10, 2025

Secondly, let’s dive into her response.

“Well, let me just say that quote-unquote riots that were reported never happened,” Bass mentioned, without a trace of irony.

Our sister website Townhall.com famous in the post with the clip that “LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS DENIES RIOTS EVER OCCURRED! “The ‘riots’ that have been reported NEVER HAPPENED!” It’s all on video. We all saw them.”

Apparently, pictures like those you may see below, to leftists like Bass, don’t equal riots. 

Gavin Newsom says he did not have a drawback until Trump acquired concerned. Both of these pictures have been taken before the president approved the national guard to go shield our border patrol in California. Does this appear like “no problem”?

Newsom and his stooge Karen Bass fomented… https://t.co/hLyB8LVqvl pic.twitter.com/oyItCsxrqF

— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 10, 2025

COMPLETE ANARCHY IN LA – NO COPS PRESENT – NO NATIONAL GUARD

I AM ON THE GROUND FOLLOW NOW FOR UPDATES | LA RIOTS pic.twitter.com/UDFDOgzwIx

— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) June 9, 2025

Compton, Los Angeles — Leftist and Mexican nationalist rioters are beginning more fires to attempt to skinny police sources so they’ll perform focused assaults. pic.twitter.com/oMgcO7Me9m

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 8, 2025

ARRESTED: Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was arrested this morning by @FBILosAngeles on an allegation of Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders (18 USC 371) for distributing face shields to suspected rioters on Tuesday. We are transferring shortly to determine and arrest those concerned in… pic.twitter.com/Ase8kxupfp

— U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) June 12, 2025

A couple of easy truths:
–Looting an Adidas store isn’t justice.
–Burning cities isn’t speech.
–@GavinNewsom isn’t a good governor.

And what’s taking place in Los Angeles aren’t ‘peaceable rallies’ — they’re third-world rebel riots on American soil. pic.twitter.com/hc6Ym4gXdO

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 11, 2025

READ MORE: FBI Makes Major Decision About Those Funding Anti-ICE Riots

MORE: Hot Takes: Trump Officials, Others Torch LA Mayor Bass’ Statement She Won’t ‘Stand’ for ICE Actions

Bass has made a number of conflicting feedback about the riots, from ones claiming they’d every part under control as pictures surfaced on TV and X of protests that turned violent, with the rioters blocking the freeway, throwing chunks of concrete at the law enforcement officers, and burning Waymo vehicles.

Democrats like Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom, then declared they did not need President Donald Trump to call in the federalized National Guard and U.S. Marines.

However, LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell blew up the Democratic narrative about the “peaceful protests” and mentioned issues have been out of control.

READ MORE: Watch: LAPD Chief Blows Up the Dem Narrative About Riots, Lays Down Warning to Rioters

Bass also tried to say at first she would not stand for the ICE raids, only to then have a bit of a change of coronary heart on the violence hitting her metropolis, RedState reported.

This is a troublesome time for our metropolis. As we get better from an unprecedented natural catastrophe, many in our neighborhood are feeling worry following current federal immigration enforcement actions across Los Angeles County.

Reports of unrest outdoors town, including in Paramount,…

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) June 8, 2025

READ MORE: Listen to LA Mayor Karen Bass’ Unhinged Comments About Her City’s Riots

The mayor then appeared to stoke the fire, encouraging the rioters to proceed, as my RedState colleague Jennifer Van Laar wrote:

As violence and chaos dominate the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the third night, Mayor Karen Bass held a press convention and made clear that she had no plan for a return to normalcy, claiming that President Trump “provoked” the chaos and urging people to “continue expressing your right, your anger, your outrage” in town.

As RedState also wrote in the times that adopted, Bass tried to put the blame the chaos and violence on the president. However,Trump was confirmed proper by stepping in when the chaos was tamped down.

The left’s soft-on-crime insurance policies have wreaked havoc on America.

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