LA Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism for being in Ghana when the fires erupted, despite her pledge to avoid such photo opportunities and earlier warnings about the high fire risk.
The situation worsens for the mayor as the LA Times questioned her actions with a headline asking, “Why is Mayor Karen Bass deleting her text messages?” This raises concerns and suggests a challenging scenario for a liberal figure when even left-leaning media outlets start scrutinizing them.
Why is Mayor Karen Bass deleting her text messages? pic.twitter.com/L4rLXnKzle
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 8, 2025
This seems highly suspect:
When flames erupted in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was more than 7,000 miles away, on a diplomatic mission to Africa.
Bass headed home shortly thereafter and was in transit for nearly 24 hours as the fire ravaged the Palisades and surrounding communities.
While Bass claims she maintained continuous communication during that period, the absence of saved text messages makes it hard to verify the content of her communications, as stated by a city attorney.
“Her phone is set not to save text messages,” said the lawyer, David Michaelson.
I’m sorry, who does this? Who, except a guy cheating on his wife, goes into their phone’s settings and explicitly says, “Do not save any of my messages?” It seems especially questionable considering we’re talking about the leadership of a top official during a major crisis and what she said and when she said it might be extremely important to review when assessing the aftermath.
