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As Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove criticized Ms. Bondi, the attorney general went on the attack and suggested that the Democratic congresswoman focus on her district instead.
In an interview, Ms. Kamlager-Dove used an expletive to describe her surprise at hearing Ms. Bondi’s eagerness to discuss crime in Culver City. “It is one of the chillest, quietest parts of the district,” Ms. Kamlager-Dove said. “And I thought, this is a lady who’s never been to my district.”
On Wednesday, as Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles) pressed the attorney general about the Department of Justice removing a study on right-wing domestic terrorism from its website, Bondi responded with comments about crime in Culver City, located in the heart of Westside Los Angeles County.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement after Attorney General Pam Bondi attacked Culver City in yesterday's House Judiciary Committee Department of Justice oversight hearing:
During remarks to the House floor on Thursday, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) criticized H.R. 2189.
During the House hearing, Bondi slipped in a jab about Culver City, which is part of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove's district, saying "There are — in your district. Her district includes Culver City, and she's not talking about any crime in her district. Nothing about helping crime in her district. She's not even worth getting into the details."
In response, local officials and personalities posted photos of clean streets, manicured parks, and community events, disputing Bondi's characterization of the city.
When U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, whose district includes the Westside, questioned Bondi, the attorney general shot back by mentioning Culver City's crime.
Culver City Mayor Freddy Puza said he was shocked after Attorney General Pam Bondi referenced the city during a heated House Judiciary Committee exchange with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove about the Jeffrey Epstein files.
"Stop taking down reports that you know the American people need to know about. There are violent, dangerous people with real threats," Kamlager-Dove said during the hearing.
Bondi referred to Culver City by name when discussing crime in U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove’s Congressional District, and public representatives of Culver City’s community unanimously rejected and denounced her critique.
As part of a tense back-and-forth exchange with California Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove that mostly centered on a Department of Justice report on political violence, Bondi called out Kamlager-Dove’s 37th Congressional District, implying it was filled with crime.
During a back-and-forth with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) about right-wing extremism at a heated congressional hearing Wednesday, Bondi accused the congresswoman of “not talking about any crime in her district.”
Kamlager-Dove represents a district that includes Culver City.