Lesson learned?
U.S. Institute of Peace via Wikimedia CommonsAlmost overnight, California Rep. Karen Bass has risen from a dark horse candidate to a leading contender on Joe Biden’s VP shortlist.
But with increased attention comes harsh scrutiny. Bass now finds herself facing growing criticism for an array of problematic statements threatening to undermine Biden’s presidential ambitions should she join the ticket.
From idolizing the communist movement to celebrating with a dangerous cult, among other things, will these remarks dash Bass’s vice-presidential dreams? Click through to the end and let us know!
Red Diaper Babies
Nikdog via Wikimedia CommonsBass came of age with “red diaper babies,” everyday slang from the height of the Cold War to describe the children of Communist Party USA members. Bass openly discusses theirs and other radicals’ influences on her in the book Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities:
It [the white Left] played a huge role for me. In Hamilton [High School] for example, a lot of the Jewish parents were activists and some of them were in the Communist Party. And so I grew up with a lot of red diaper babies. And there were some African American parents who were in the Communist Party. There were teachers who were in the Communist Party. So, white radicals were very influential. And at the same time you have the Panthers and the whole black movement.
From Cuba With Love
Marcelo Montecino via Wikimedia CommonsBass’s connections during her formative years would lead her to join the Venceramos Brigade, a group founded by members of the Castro regime and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Bass likes to pass her participation off as building housing in Cuba for those less fortunate, a kind of Marxist Habitat for Humanity. Yet throughout Bass’s adult life, she repeatedly praised Fidel Castro, calling his death in 2016 “a great loss to the people of Cuba.”
Bass amended her position in an interview on Sunday with Fox News’ Chris Wallace.
Praising Scientology
Cryptic C62 via Wikimedia CommonsBass praised Scientology at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Scientology church in Los Angeles in 2010, despite the intense scrutiny the cult found itself under even then.
WATCH:
On Saturday, Bass attempted to clarify the decade-old remarks, feigning ignorance, despite Scientology’s well-known history.
Just so you all know, I proudly worship at First New Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in South LA. pic.twitter.com/1sEpF5KpRF
— Karen Bass (@KarenBassTweets) August 1, 2020
Which comment from Bass do you find most concerning? Do you think Biden will pick her anyway? As always, let us know in the comments below!
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That is the problem with Democraps they all have way to many hidden things in their closets. That is why they are Democraps. They think they are better than everyone else.
The Demorats no longer have their common sense! I feel sorry for them!
They have become radical and should be taken out of Congress! If they all want to be socialist/Marxist then they should move to a socialist country they’d like better!
Problem is misery loves company. They won’t be happy in a nation they agree with. They won’t be satisfied until everyone is as miserable as they are which is why they don’t intend to move on until they think they’ve destroyed all of us.
Bass – is that a contraction for bad ass?
Big maybe 😉
Not sure concerning the following. Of the two, the likely Democratic presidential candidate or his possible running mate, which is less acceptable.
As always the oldest play in business give them enough rope and they will gang themselves! Even more true now! Do we want a professed Communist in any office of our great Country? Marxism is in direct conflict with the constitution we cannot let this happen for our legacy ! Our children don’t deserve it!
Once a Commie always a Commie!!!
well,I do think there may be a few sitting in a “gulag” in some commie “paradise” that could have had a change of heart !
We will find out wheather Biden is a commie or not…
PROUD AMERICAN1 America does not need a Communist candidate that will most certainly become president. I can see it now… Bide is elected and sworn in with Vice President Karen Bass on January 20, sometime between that date and February 1, Biden is eliminated either by natural means (stroke, heart attack) or a fall down stairs, or walk into a propeller on full camera to prove it was not an assault by a person! And in the blink of an eye, America is conquered!
So she’s how old, and just now heard about what happened in Cuba under Castro? You believe that crap? Damn, I hurt my head when I fell off the turnip truck. How stupid do they think we are? Never mind. People still vote for Pelosi & Waters.
didn’t obama go down to a baseball game to chummy up to the communist dictator?
want a REAL “primer” into the current “democrat” party.!? just read “dreams of my father” and Saul Alinski’s “rules for radicals” If those books don’t give you the “willies” you “ain’t” got a pulse !
It’s unfortunate that I was unable to read the article due to a big fat AD right in the middle of it that gave no option to delete it.
Rising star? Naw, lying communist me-gar wh0re!
They look for the most racist ones out there I absolutely don’t get it. The democratic socialist communist party is in full swing right now
It has to be killing Biden as he’s racist as all get out. And my knowledge is firsthand, not from faux news and rumors. Hey, maybe that’s what’s actually going on with him. That one never occurred to me until just now.
Nobody knows who she is but yet she could possibly be president isn’t that a PIP.Coming from California wow the worst state out there the filthiest state out there ,all on them. So let’s put one of them as president.How dumb can we be I guess we will find out.
Dems deteriorated to communists ! A deadly metastized cancer to ALL Americans !
Karen Bass is a racist, communist politician who has no clue about America or how Democracy is supposed to work. She is so blinded by hatred that she will never be able to overcome that hatred. Her attitude shows big time when she appears on TV during the hearings. The hearing against AG Barr, she let her true colors show just how nasty she could really be. That was just a taste my friends.
Either Bass is the dumbest person on earth, OR she is a communist that supports a dangerous and controlling religion – Scientology. Either way, she is not capable of being vp or possible potus. btw, both communism/Cuba and scientology are both controlling groups that take over their members. This is exactly what the dem party wants to do to usa/
The longer it takes Biden to choose a VP, the less time we have to investigate that “woman”. No qualified male will even be considered. As Biden continues to hide from US in indecision, President Trump is making himself available to American citizens.
This seditious muslim leftist bytch must be disqualified out of hand.
Last I saw, Bidet was talking with Halfwit governor of Michigan. She is so despised, she will definitely lose the state for Biteme.