Hey there, this is Jonathan K. Party and you're listening to Cape Up.

This week, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Democrat of California.

She was great to talk to because she has experience working with a celebrity new to government.

That's because when Bass was speaker of the California Assembly, she had to deal with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

You know, he was a celebrity, but you didn't feel that he was unstable.

That plays into why she said she feels like a political therapist for her constituents.

Oh, and you can get the inside school. feels like a political therapist for her constituents.

Oh, and you can get the inside skinny

on that big meeting she and the Congressional Black Caucus

had with President Trump right now. Now.

Congress with the best, thank you very much for being on the podcast. Thanks for having me on.

We've been friends for a while.

That's right.

That you are now in your.

Seventh year, fourth term.

Fourth term.

How has Washington changed between the time you came in with the class of 2010 to now?

Well, actually, you know, I came in with the big change.

So the Tea Party, the Tea Party Revolution.

Democrats lost 65 seats.

Everything was going crazy.

So to me, this is just like that time period, you know, on steroids.

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