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The PoliticsGirl Podcast

The Good Karen PG:CC with LA Mayoral Candidate Congresswoman Karen Bass

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today’s podcast is a conversation with Karen Bass, Congresswoman for California’s 37th district, former California assemblywoman, and current candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles. And you might think, “Ok I don’t live in Los Angeles so why should I care?” You should care because Los Angeles is the second biggest city in the US, and California is the state with the largest population. So, the things that happen here, end up being the beta test for things that happen across the country. What Karen Bassimplements in Los Angeles, for homelessness or crime, if successful, will no doubt find their way to other cities and states across the nation, and could be the bellwether for federal legislation. You should also care because Karen is running against a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The newest way Republicans are trying to undermine the electorate is to trick them into voting for someone who presents themselves as one thing but is actually another. Rick Caruso is that candidate, a lifelong Republican billionaire who switched his party affiliation to Democrat just 3 weeks before declaring his candidacy for mayor. He’s already spent $60 million dollars of his own money trying to buy his way into the job. This is something as an electorate we should not only be aware of, but watch out for in other places. Our democracy should not be for sale and we should be putting people in positions of power who want to serve the people not enrich themselves. Guest social: https://karenbass.com Twitter: @KarenBassLA Twitter: @RepKarenBass Insta: karenbassla Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Don’t forget to send questions via email, video or audio for the ASK PG Episode to: [email protected] Thank you to today’s sponsor! www.athleticgreens.com/politicsgirl www.splendidspoon.com/politicsgirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

But in order to do this, we need to relax a lot of regulations,

0:03.8

because there's so many stupid rules.

0:05.9

Let me tell you about one.

0:07.2

And then you better stop me because I could talk over there.

0:09.5

I can't, I could talk about this forever. It's so good.

0:22.0

Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast.

0:24.4

I'm your host, Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.

0:26.8

Today's pod is part of the series leading up to the midterm elections

0:29.6

called Candidate Conversations, where we chat with candidates

0:32.8

from across the country whose races are deeply important

0:35.4

to need our attention.

0:36.7

Our guest today is Karen Bass, Congresswoman for California's 37th District,

0:41.3

former California Assemblywoman, and current candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles.

0:45.8

A former community organizer, Karen was the founder of Community Coalition.

0:49.7

A community-based social justice organization

0:52.2

created to address substance abuse poverty and crime in South L.A.,

0:56.3

which 30 years later is now considered one of the most impactful

0:59.8

and respected nonprofit organizations in the city.

1:02.9

Prior to being in Congress, chairwoman Bass served the California State Assembly,

1:06.8

where in 2008, she made history by becoming the first African-American woman

1:11.1

in U.S. history to serve as speaker of any state legislature.

1:14.8

It was during that time that we also had the biggest economic crisis

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