I asked Congressional Black Caucus chairman @KarenBassTweets if, given her longtime support for self-described Marxists, she would publicly disavow Marxism.

She refused.

She dismissed the premise, laughing off the Marxists as "a #BlackLivesMatter chapter that I'm surely not away of." But it's not just a chapter—it's the national leaders, and she is aware of them.

Here is BLM founder Patrisse Cullors describing herself and co-founder Alicia Garza as "trained Marxists":

And here is Karen Bass speaking with Cullors in Congress:

And here is Bass thanking both Cullors and Garza for speaking with her: https://twitter.com/RepKarenBass/status/1271128106665943040

Just for good measure, here's the third BLM co-founder Opal Tometi posing for a photo with Venezuela's communist dictator Nicolás Maduro:

After @KarenBassTweets lied about BLM, the anchor Elex Michaelson pressed her on whether or not she regrets her praise of Fidel Castro.

She said in retrospect she might not have praised the dictator "if it offended people." His evil ideology and brutality? No comment.

This radicalism—this explicit Marxism—is not confined to the CHAZ or the CHOP or the riots on our city streets. It goes all the way up to congressional leadership.

Will any journalists follow up with @KarenBassTweets to ask about her continued support for self-described Marxists and why she lied about it on television?