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For the past few years, Democratic politicians have told themselves they don't have to answer any unkind questions, but this refusal has understandably angered them as the tragic hell unfolds in California. is causing.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is just the latest clueless Democrat to play dumb when asked perfectly legitimate questions. After cutting short his trip to Ghana, Basu remained silent when asked whether he should have stayed in the city he led instead of traveling the world.
Silence on arrival: LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer questions about absence as wildfires ravage city
Bass then held a press conference, presumably as an opportunity to answer questions from reporters. But she used it to reiterate that now is not the time to question her leadership.
Similarly, as the fires rage, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, who advocates using California's resources to thwart President Trump's policies and become America's most tone-deaf political candidate, , held a press conference.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Administrator Matt Szabo present the 2024-25 budget at City Hall. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
He was asked, “Is now the right time to call a special session to allocate funds to fight Trump?”
Amidst all the hemming, hawing, and stuttering that would make Bob Newhart say, “Spit it out,” he responded, “This is like, oh my god, this historic wildfire is like oh my god.” It got worse from there. He never tried to answer the question vaguely.
Late Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom had a chance to stare blankly into space while being asked about the fires, this time not by the media but by a California resident whose daughter's school had just burned down.
“I'm literally talking to the president right now to specifically answer the question of what can we do for you and your daughter,” said Newsom, who just months ago cut the state's fire protection budget by $100 million. By the way,” he told the distraught crowd. mother.
But when she asked the governor to put her call on speaker, Newsom said her phone was disconnected and she was walking around trying to get a cell phone signal.
California's governor was waving his phone in the air like a frustrated teenager who can't upload a photo to Instagram.
If this doesn't sum up the incompetence of California's Democratic politicians in their response, I don't know what does.
And speaking of soon-to-be former President Joe Biden, where did Bass, Rivas, and Newsom learn that they are not required to answer questions? Yes, from Scranton Joe.
Not only does Biden refuse to answer questions, he regularly verbally abuses any reporter, and let's be honest, the only people who dare to ask him tough questions are usually the ones on Fox News Channel. Just Peter Doocy or Philip Wegman of Real Clear Politics.
President Joe Biden (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris also typically decline to answer difficult questions, according to columnist David Marcus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Then there's Vice President Kamala Harris, who ran for president in fewer interviews than the winner of the Minnesota State Fair's ice sculpture contest.
Like Sergeant Schultz in “Hogan's Heroes,” these Democrats just mess up their straight faces and say, “I don't know anything!” while most of the media picks up pearls of wisdom from the oracle of Delphi. Make a fuss as if you are receiving it.
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These Democrats are like baseball hitters who see a curveball, call timeout, and say, “Today, I'm only going to accept a middle-of-the-road fastball.''
Perhaps members of the party of Jefferson and Jackson should realize that they are rapidly losing credibility and elections. That's precisely because while Donald Trump has reporters on his toes for two hours answering every question posed to him, they dig in their heels and say: Now is not the time. ”
Now, when is the right time to ask about California's incompetent leadership? When the next fire gets out of control? Actually, when these selfish navel-gazers answer the question? It's never the right time. they are beyond that. And above us too.
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This week there were some embers, if you will, that the news media is tired of Democrats refusing to explain themselves and their actions. Let's hope the anger spreads and these politicians hold their feet to the fire.
The people of California and the people of America deserve better. We deserve a leader who candidly and thoroughly explains to voters what the government is doing. But Democrats don't want that, they want unquestioned power and authority. What they don't realize yet is that that's why they're on a losing streak.
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