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On the recordJuly 8, 2025
I was horrified. What went through my mind was those occasions when I would travel overseas and see a city or a country under siege by their military in preparation for a coup. That’s the imagery that I had in my mind.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

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Karen Bass expresses her horror at the presence of federal agents in MacArthur Park.

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