As Trump trails in the polls and Democrats seek a mobilizing running mate for Joe Biden, a lesser-known name has recently emerged: Karen Bass. The liberal Congresswoman broke a barrier as the first Black woman speaker in any state in the union, yet she defied political labels by using that post to broker a centrist compromise with then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In this edition of The Beat’s Backstory Series, Ari Melber reports on why some Democrats are eying that experience now, noting “as California’s Speaker, she was the government official responsible for an economy that, if it were a country, would be roughly the fifth largest in the world.” The original report traces how Bass deployed a tough, collaborative and bipartisan style to engineer one of the most consequential budget deals in the U.S. – leading some of her home state Democrats to push for her as a great option for Biden. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. ). Aired on 8/6/2020.
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Trump Will Lose To Biden With This Bold VP Pick, Say CA Dems | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
I love Karen Bass. She held a town hall during the impeachment hearings that was very informative and comforting. She would make a great VP!
Comforting? Ok stay in your safe space lol
@esj8341 Oh please!, Castro is long time dead. We have a president who is seriously cosying with a Russian dictator , – is that what you need or you are just scared of Karen Bass?!.
Rice for Vice-president
@vincent james Republicans will attack Rice for the Benghazi affair.
@Mark Korste Good point. Castro died. But you can still read her touch eulogy to the dead dictator. POLITICO – Karen Bass eulogized Communist Party USA leader.
Why are all Trump family products made in china?
They are not. I think Louisiana is where most are. Don’t believe these liars
@hill monica ???? You are completely wrong.
@Oluseye Ajakaye Real cheap. Harsh labor like a prison. “It is what it is and who cares.” Trump
Trumps money comes from Russia,
So it is easy to go right over to China and spend it.
Cheap Labor.
All of these brilliant tough motivated women how on earth did we get all those slugs in congress??
Gladly, Loudly and Proudly… The times, they are a changing!
He did not mention she lived in Communist Cuba doing volunteer work or all
the praise she had for Communist Castro when he died.
@Dennis Bogle
The times they are a-changin’. https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-trp-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=trp&p=the+times+they+are+a+changing#id=1&vid=9514683f053e86071824949342d6e4ff&action=click
Its nice how MSNBC lays everything out for us. The less thinking I have to do about politics the better!! #BidenBoys
After listening to Ari relating Karen Bass’ background Biden should choose her..got my vote!
You’d vote for a dead dog if it was on the Dem ticket, who are you trying to fool?
@H Se Don’t give the democrats any ideas. There is still time before the convention.
@Kristin Kimberly I love e Lincoln project, best example of swamp and fake news ! Every republican should see ,how bad they are, then look up walk away movement!
@esj8341 Start crying now, so you can be done by Nov
@esj8341 Better than Trump’s crush on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin 😡👎
Wow! I did not know her at all. I’m impressed with this giant among women!
Lmao. Hyperbole. Well played.
Biden thought Obama was a clean black man! Can he find a clean enough black female for VP??
@ScootMagoot46 Lmao Stupidity. Well played, Tovarish
Because he’s not a Grand stander. It appears that she is there to get the job done….exactly what we need & probably would be loyal to Joe Biden.
Thank you Ari. I did learn a lot. Karen is now to me, totaly acceptable as a vp pick. I would love to see Kamala Harris as that BUT she would be an awesome Attorney general as well. Whatever happens, I’m 1000% behind it. Good luck to you all!
Karen Bass. Scientology new Religious movement
Biden GO!
Harris’ record as a prosecutor is shameful. She’s the last person we need in any position of power, and I say that as a left-leaning person.
@Downright Dutch shut up dutchy go play pussie soccer
He did not mention she used to live in Communist Cuba doing volunteer work or
all the praise she had for Communist Castro when he died.
Bass comes across as a perfect fit for VP. Imagine putting anyone of your choices as VP, and they would also be a perfect fit elsewhere in the administration. For example, Harris as AG to go after Trump Crimes Commision. I think she would like to ask Barr that question again.
She’ll destroy Trump 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@hill monica Хорошо Русский Актив. Я уверен, что вам понравится тоталитаризм. Вернитесь в Москву, где пропала бутылка водки.
@hill monica no word yet, but indictments are being prepared i’m sure. Deutche Bank just handed over all Drumpf’s financial info., the stuff he fought desperately to keep secret.
Shawni Edwards@ thanks for that tonight. Senator Kamala Harris has an interesting background. Her mom was from India and her dad from the. Carribean islands. She’s a hard working senator and was a tough persecuting attorney. I don’t know too much about Rep, Karen Bass but I learned a lot tonight. It’s great she has so much experience working on the California state legislature! Sounds great to me. Be safe and sound. 🙏 😊 thanks…
Nope not harris
Trump isn’t just running for president, he’s also running from prison. He doesn’t want to be president; he needs presidential immunity.
Sounds like most politicians. Sounds like all politicians.
https://youtu.be/3aSPfq1Al2E
@Dave MacKay oo
They need to build a presidential suite cell at Leavenworth prison for him and rename prison yard wall after him.
That’s 100% true.
She would be a rock star VP 💫 💫 💫
Yep I seen her on old TV sitcom, night court, that looka like Marsha Warfield
Good to know about this brilliant woman!
https://youtu.be/3aSPfq1Al2E
Define “brilliant” –LOL
Thank you Ari for this excellent research of footage. We will need someone strong, kind and persistent.
Bass ain’t it.
@L D You ain’t either.
AND DONT FORCET COMUNIST
Nothing biased going on here
She is a toughie, but works well with opposition, to do the people’s business!
Opposition in California? Lol
@Michael Biggins come on man, what are u on ? Cocaine? Basement Biden
He did not mention she lived in Communist Cuba doing volunteer work
or all the praise she had Communist Castro when he died.
LIKE THE COMUNIST SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
Margaret Alexander, Exactly!!! That is one of the things I really like about Lady Bass. 😄😊
Note to Biden: Please seriously consider Karen Bass. ❤️🙏🙏❤️❤️
@L D I love Elizabeth Warren as well but you bringing up Karen bass in Cuba I see nothing wrong with her trying to help the Cuban people? why do you? She wasn’t helping the Communist leaders!
@hhhh9579 I’m betting not a single person has ever clicked on your stupid spam links.
Ken White for one it’s not a spam link it’s proof who Joe Biden really is… Scared? Ashamed? https://youtu.be/AufLL3jCkXw
@hhhh9579 Scared of whiny little turds like you? Not fkn likely, Tovarish
hhhh9579 🐈😊😄, In this fallen and broken world no one is perfect. Name one politician that has never made wrong choices. Is Trump any better? Uh NO! He is without a doubt thee worst President in history after Nixon. And just because someone with the wherewithal to help a foreign country (even if it is communist) does not make a person a communist.
Love that she said no one goes home until the work is done.
If she was Majority Leader, maybe we’d actually have a Senate bill by now 🤦🏿♀️
Biden cant find a viable black women that would strength his ticket or handle being President. He will pick Adolf Whitmer.
Politicians NEVER do anything good for anyone but THEMSELVES
@Dave Schultz ELIZABETH WARREN.
@Lynette Dent Tripplett , Or Pocahontas.
I love this woman. She would make a excellent VP.
@transnistrian border terrorist Trump is a literal fascist
THE SO CALLED THE BIG SWITCH IS A MYTH, DEMOCRATS HAVE NEVER CHANGED AND AT THE CORE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS WHITE SUPREMACY<< THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IS HOW DEMOCRATS OPERATE> FOR INSTANCE , INSTEAD OF USING VIOLENCE TO KEEP BLACK PEOPLE IN CHECK, THEY GAVE THEM WELFARE SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE DEMS AND KEEP VOTING FOR THEM< THE DEMS EMPLOY TOKENISM AND SYMBOLISM TO GET BLACK VOTES SUCH AS AFRICAN AMERICAN RUNNING MATE, BLACK PRESIDENT AND BLACK ,MAYOR> THEY USED THE SAME TACTICS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR WHEREBY THE OVERSEER OF A PLANTATION WAS BLACK. THE OVERSEER OF CHICAGO IS LORI LIGHTFOOT . HER ROLE IS TO SUPERVISE THE CARNAGE IN CHICAGO. ..OBAMA DID NOTHING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AND CORRUPTION HE LEFT IN CHICAGO AS A SENATOR BECAUSE HE SOLD HIS SOUL TO HE DEVIL. EUGENICS CONTINUE WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND WITH VIRUSES LIKE HIV AND EBOLA AND COVID THAT WERE DESIGNED TO DEPOPULATE BLACKS > THEY ALSO TRIED FORCED STERILIZATION AND SYPHILIS OUTBREAK < IT WAS DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON JOHNSON THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED BY THE FEDS AND JOHN LEWIS' SKULL GOT BROKEN , LYNDON JOHNSON WAS A DEMOCRAT>..YOU WONDER WHY THE DEMS ARE AGAINST POLICE REFORMS ? IT IS BECAUSE THE DEMS INCLUDED KKK IN THE POLICE FORCE. THEIR ROLE IS TO COMMIT ATROCITIES AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS WHICH ARE THEN BLAMED IN REPUBLICANS > IT IS WHY DERICK CHAUVIN GOT AWAY WITH MURDER OF A MAN IN 2007 THEN LYNCHED GEORGE FLOYD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN DEMOCRATS RUN CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN 2020, THE PROSECUTOR THAT SPARED HER IS AMY KLOBUCHAR, GOOGLE AMY KLOBUCHAR < MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LAW THAT ALLOWS SEGREGATION OF SETTLEMENTS SO THAT BLACK PEOPLE CANNOT LIVE WITH WHITE PEOPLE
@Bunchy Carter no i’m not joking she is a LITERAL communist
@transnistrian border terrorist I wasn’t kidding either. Trump is LITERALLY a fascist.
@Bunchy Carter lol no he’s not if he were a real fascist he would of not let you guys protest (and he’s only arresting the ones that break the law)
She is what America needs in the situation we are in
@Wesley Gordon trump loves Putin and he has put contracts on our sons and daughters in the military
Susan Rice is the best pick
@Wesley Gordon AND TRUMP LOVES HIS FRIENDS NORTH KAREA AND PUTIN AND ETC ON AND ON !!
MORON
Sorry , it’s Trump🇺🇸👍
Thanks Ari, I’m a progressive and I liked your profile on Karen Bass
The GOP are simply mini-clones of the corrupt & criminal POTUS.
I had no idea, just how amazing Karen Bass is. Definitely a great choice for a major role in the next administration.👍👌👏
This goes out to the ppl who claims she’s a Scientologist…
Bass, who belongs to a Baptist church in Los Angeles, said in the statement that she was attempting to find common ground with the group’s followers.
“Back in 2010 I attended the event knowing I was going to address a group of people with beliefs very different than my own, and spoke briefly about things I think most of us agree with, and on those things — respect for different views, equality, and fighting oppression — my views have not changed,” she said.