Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she no longer recognizes Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after a heated incident that saw Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) detained after he interrupted the secretary’s press conference Thursday.
Bass and Noem entered the House together in 2011 and served together until Noem left Congress to become the governor of South Dakota in 2019.
Bass blasted Noem for calling Los Angeles a “war zone,” calling it an “outright lie.” The mayor then said she could not recognize her former colleague.
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“I served with the secretary for probably about 10 years in Congress, and Madam Secretary, I do not recognize you anymore,” Bass said. “I do not know the Kristi Noem that I served with for 10 years.”
Noem said earlier that
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