Rep. Karen Bass believes now is the time for police reform: 'The stars are aligned right now'

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🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus discusses the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, vaccine inequality and voter suppression.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan K. Parton, and this is K-POP.
0:04.9	The last time Congresswoman Karen Bass was on the podcast, the California Democrat was
0:09.6	under serious consideration to be Joe Biden's vice presidential running mate.
0:14.3	Today, the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus is leading the effort to turn
0:18.2	the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act into law.
0:21.2	She's championing voting rights legislation, and she's pushing for equity and access
0:25.8	to the COVID vaccines.
0:27.8	Congress and I get into how things have and have not changed in the 30 years between
0:32.0	the beating of Rodney King and the killing of George Floyd.
0:35.6	We talk about how Republicans are attempting to set up minority rule, and we even talk
0:40.6	about Harry and Meghan.
0:42.4	Here at all, right now.
0:47.7	Congresswoman Karen Bass, welcome back to the podcast, your fourth return.
0:53.1	Thank you.
0:54.1	Thanks for having me on.
0:56.3	Before we get to the serious, the serious matters we're going to talk about, police reform,
1:00.4	the voting rights bill, and some other things.
1:03.9	The last time you were on the podcast, you were in the running.
1:09.1	You were being vetted and talked about as a potential vice presidential pick.
1:14.9	Obviously, former Senator Kamala Harris got the pick.
1:18.5	She's now vice president of the United States.
1:20.9	What I'm wondering, just in reflecting, what did that mean?
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