Well, well, well—Karen Bass strikes again. Just when you thought the worst mayor in Los Angeles history couldn’t possibly outdo herself, she goes and leans all the way in on a fake ICE kidnapping. Because apparently, nothing screams “progressive leadership” like amplifying a GoFundMe scam while your city collapses into fentanyl haze and tent cities.
Karen Bass: The Patron Saint of Hoaxes
Here’s the setup: a 41-year-old illegal immigrant, Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, cooked up a Hollywood-worthy script where masked ICE agents allegedly yanked her from her car, threw her into a warehouse, and forced her to “self-deport.” The reality? She was found hanging out at a Jack in the Box—probably debating between curly fries and a Jumbo Jack. We broke down every detail of her scam and the media’s embarrassing rush to believe it in this article. But did Mayor Bass pause for even one second to check the facts? Of course not. She bolted to Twitter faster than AOC to a photo op, blasting out this gem on July 1st: “A mother from L.A. taken out of her car on her way to work and held in a warehouse as officers hoped she would self-deport. No hearing. Just fear. This doesn’t make anyone safer.” Cue the activist outrage machine. Protesters with “Free Uli” signs popped up. Leftist pundits went full MSNBC mode. And Bass basked in the glow of yet another performative crusade. Except—it was all a lie. And Bass didn’t just fall for it; she promoted it.
The Left’s Favorite Sport: Smearing ICE
This wasn’t just a Karen Bass blunder. It was textbook Leftist strategy: demonize federal agents, distract from your city’s problems, and keep the donations rolling. ICE agents were compared to Gestapo thugs, private prison guards, and Stalin’s secret police—all while they were busy, you know, stopping human traffickers and pulling fentanyl off LA’s streets. But Bass didn’t care. She saw a chance to score political points with the “Abolish ICE” crowd. Too bad she ended up boosting a scammer instead. DHS even clapped back, tweeting: “Mayor, you pushed a hoax. This woman was never arrested or kidnapped by ICE. She scammed innocent Americans and diverted limited DHS resources from Los Angeles.” In other words: Karen, delete your tweet.
Los Angeles Is on Fire—And Bass Brings Marshmallows
Let’s take a step back. This is the same Karen Bass who presides over a city with more rats than residents, watches violent crime soar while cutting LAPD funding, turns a blind eye as fentanyl overdoses skyrocket, and enables vagrancy and open-air drug markets on every corner. And now she’s wasting taxpayer-funded Twitter fingers on fake ICE kidnappings? It’s almost impressive—if governing via hoaxes and hashtags were an Olympic sport, Karen Bass would be Simone Biles.
The Real Victims Here? LA Residents
While Bass was rallying her activist base, real DHS agents were pulled from critical operations to investigate Calderon’s hoax. As Special Agent Eddy Wang put it: “Diverting critical law enforcement resources is reckless and endangers the community.” But hey, Bass doesn’t have time for those details. She’s too busy pandering to the far-Left, turning Los Angeles into a sanctuary for scammers, cartels, and chaos.
Why Does LA Keep Electing Clowns?
Seriously—why? Karen Bass is proof that when you elect a far-left ideologue to run a major American city, you don’t get compassion. You don’t get justice. You don’t even get competence. You get performance art. You get hoaxes. You get slogans painted on streets while actual streets crumble. And you get a mayor so blinded by her “abolish ICE” virtue signaling that she’ll gladly amplify a lie—even if it puts her own city at risk.
Final Thoughts
Karen Bass didn’t just trip over this hoax. She sprinted into it face-first. Los Angeles deserves better than a mayor who treats serious issues like a Twitter trend. Maybe next time, she can fact-check before amplifying another scam—or better yet, focus on the actual crises swallowing her city whole. But don’t hold your breath. With Bass in charge, the next hoax is probably already trending.
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