Yvette Nicole Brown and Kym Whitley are standing behind Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ... saying she's a woman of steel -- and, people are unfairly criticizing her because of her race.
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00:00Let me tell you something, she's got a spine of steel, and she's also been a black woman
00:06in America a very long time, so none of this is new to her.
00:09We're mad because we're tired of it.
00:11We're tired.
00:12We're mad for her.
00:13We're mad for her.
00:14And we're going to stand...
00:15Listen, I don't know how you're here, but I'm happy you're here, because somebody needs
00:19to say...
00:20I'm happy you got a chance to stand behind her and support her, because how she handling
00:24the...
00:25You can see it in her face.
00:26She stays calm.
00:27But think about this.
00:28She has the city to take care of.
00:30She does not have time to hear from these reporters.
00:33And she is also not mayor of every municipality in California.
00:37There are people that are mad that she didn't fix the fires in Malibu.
00:40She's not the mayor of Malibu.
00:41You're right.
00:42What is she supposed to do in the city she's not the mayor of?
00:44People don't understand.
00:45And let me say this too.
00:46I could imagine how much it would hurt to see this happening in the city that she loves.
00:52That's first.
00:53So take away how it feels for people to attack her.
00:55She's heartbroken because this is happening in her city, a city that she loves.
01:00And the people don't understand.
01:01They don't understand how large it is, because a lot of people are sitting in other parts
01:06of the city.
01:07They're not in it.
01:08They're not in the fire.
01:09They're not in the smoke.
01:10They don't see.
01:11They're not there.
01:12They're watching TV.
01:13Why?
01:14And they want to blame someone.
01:15This is not the time to blame.
01:18It's time to get some resources.
01:19She has reached out far.
01:21We have planes coming in from other countries to help us.
01:25This is not the time.
01:26I need everybody to remain calm, be vigilant, support the leadership, support Karen Bass.
01:31That's all I can say.
01:32You cannot.
01:33This is not the time.
01:34Oh, y'all got me upset.
01:35So she's had a great response so far to the fire.
01:38Absolutely.
01:39She has done what she's had to do.
01:42She's jumped in there.
01:43And she's got-
01:44And listen to this.
01:45We have fires every year.
01:46And I don't remember in the 30 years almost that I've lived in LA, I've never seen somebody,
01:50I've never seen anybody react like this to the mayor and blame one person for a natural disaster.
01:55Yes.
01:56I've never seen it.
01:57Now what's different this time?
01:58Interesting, isn't it?
01:59You said that.
02:00Amen, sister.