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Karen Bass: “It's not an insurrection at all.”

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Mayor Karen Bass Discusses Federal Troop Deployment and ICE Raids in Los Angeles

Published June 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:16

I've seen federal government choppers from Customs and Border Protection flying around this area. How would you characterize, Mayor, what's going on down here? The president says it's an insurrection. What do you call it? I mean, It's not an insurrection at all. What you have are a few people. Again, they have done extensive vandalism in the form of graffiti. (01:16–01:19)

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Asserts that the situation in Los Angeles is not an insurrection.

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