Karen Bass actually said...

"the problem with a 'pale, male, and Yale' State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity."

"Rest assured, we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn't work, and to correct or to hold accountable any body department, individual, et cetera."

"The budget cut did not impact their ability to fight the fire."

"There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days."