Bass made the comment early on in the debate — hosted by KNX News at its Miracle Mile studio — when Caruso brought up being endorsed by the group, whose mission is to build Latino polit…
Rep. Karen Bass apologized today for remarks she made at Thursday’s Los Angeles mayoral debate accusing her opponent, developer Rick Caruso, of paying to receive an endorsement from the Avance Democratic Club, a local Latino political group.
“Accountability and transparency starts with me, and when I make a mistake, I own it,” Bass said in a statement to City News Service. “I shouldn’t have said what I said. I sincerely apologize to Avance and its membership.” Bass made the comment early on in the debate — hosted by KNX News at its Miracle Mile studio — when Caruso brought up being endorsed by the group, whose mission is to build Latino political power.Caruso responded by accusing Bass of insulting Avance. According to its website, the Avance Democratic Club aims to increase Latino voter registration and civic participation, and develop Latino political leaders.
Avance President Nilza Serrano released a statement Friday morning calling Bass’ comments “crass and ignorant” and asking for an apology. “Her comments are incongruous with the values she claims to espouse, especially since they take aim at a community that is too frequently scapegoated and demonized for political purposes,” Serrano said. “She hasshown herself to be one more in a long line of entitled and uninformed politicians who take Latinos for granted.”
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