Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) nearly fell into total silence when questioned by a reporter about the incompetent response to the wildfires crushing the city amid an unprecedented windstorm.

As Breitbart News reported on Wednesday, Mayor Karen Bass had been visiting the country of Ghana in Africa at the time of the wildfires, despite having over 24 hours’ notice ahead of what experts predicted would be the worst windstorm to hit Los Angeles since 2011–a windstorm that erupted into an unprecedented firestorm.