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Karen Bass confirmed the debate then bailed six days later

published · May 11, 2:33 PM · $0.06 total · published 49d ago
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Karen Bass, LA mayor, confirms in writing she'll show up to a League of Women Voters forum on May 13. She bails on May 7 — six days later — citing Sacramento trips. The real context: she just got destroyed in online polling by Spencer Pratt at the last debate. The kicker: her campaign says it's 'time to move past debates.' That's not accountability, that's avoiding it.

Named politician, documented written confirmation then documented withdrawal, specific timeline, specific reason given versus real reason. Hypocrisy callout. Different geography from Joe's usual national beats but local power and accountability is core to his editorial POV.

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Karen Bass signed a confirmation form on April 22 saying she'd show up to the League of Women Voters forum on May 13. On May 7 — six days later — she withdrew. Her campaign's explanation: she'll be in Sacramento working on housing and Palisades recovery funding.

Here's the context her campaign left out. Bass just came off a debate where Spencer Pratt, the guy from The Hills, was widely viewed as the winner in online polling. The Pat Brown Institute's Mike Bonin said organizers checked schedules, got confirmation, then invited her challengers — and then Bass pulled out anyway. The forum is still happening. Nithya Raman will be there. Bass won't.

Her spokesperson Alex Stack put it plainly: "It's time to move past debates." That's not a scheduling conflict. That's a politician deciding voters have seen enough. Accountability doesn't get to have an off-season because the polling went sideways. The League of Women Voters didn't invent this forum to inconvenience her. They invented it so she'd have to answer questions in public. That's the whole point. That's the part she's skipping.

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Karen Bass confirmed the forum, got embarrassed in online polling, then bailed. Her camp called it 'time to move past debates.' #politics #losangeles #accountability #elections

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