Rep. Bass on Biden's VP pick: 'I would love to see him appoint woman of color'

Rep. Bass says she 'would love to see' Joe Biden 'appoint woman of color as his running mate.' 'He is going to make sure that his administration on every level looks like America.'

Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass , who's on former Vice President Biden's shortlist as a potential running mate, tells Andrea Mitchell that "of course I would love to see him appoint woman of color.

" Bass also discusses the latest on COVID relief legislation, the possibility of a new shutdown in LA, and Rep. Ted Yoho's reported use of a slur towards Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Bass calls it a "verbal assault" and says that she recently spoke with Ocasio-Cortez, and had learned that the comments from Yoho were not the first time he'd made such remarks.

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