Karen Bass: “We woke up one day to an invasion in our city.”

“Is that actually a better, more effective approach to not sort of poke the bear? Yeah. But let me just tell you, remember what happened here. We had no notice, no war. We woke up one day to an invasion in our city. That is exactly what happened. I was with the mayor, by the way, that day when he was waiting for the troops.” (03:30–03:34)

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