[FLASHBACK] Karen Bass rises as sleeper pick to be Biden’s VP

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Posted on 01/11/2025 9:41:30 AM PST by cotton1706

She’s a politician who cringes at having her picture taken and is content to let others grab headlines. She repeatedly had to be dragged into taking risks to elevate her political career.

In many ways, Karen Bass is the anti-Kamala Harris.

And yet, the Californians have ended up in a similar spot: On Joe Biden’s vice presidential shortlist.

While the congresswoman from Los Angeles remains a long shot, her unassuming approach, muted ambitions and decades of advocating on health care and race issues while far outside the national spotlight have captured the interest of the Biden campaign.

A former physician assistant and nurse who now heads the Congressional Black Caucus, Bass has seen her profile rise of late amid the twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and national reckoning with racism. Her standing in the VP search has improved based on private assessments shared with Biden’s team.

“The reason she’s gone from a name bandied about to a serious contender is because the more you look at her, the more you realize what a perfect choice for the time she is,” said former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He started working alongside Bass in the early 1970s to coalesce Black and Latino activists around curbing police abuse and expanding immigrant rights.

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1 posted on 01/11/2025 9:41:30 AM PST by cotton1706

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