Reality TV Star Spencer Pratt Obliterates Leftist Policies In Heated L.A. Mayoral Debate

Spencer Pratt ripped into his far-Left opponents during the Los Angeles mayoral debate on Wednesday, hammering their policies on everything from homelessness to firefighting. 

Pratt faced off against Mayor Karen Bass and socialist Councilwoman Nithya Raman on a stage where they clashed on how to best lead the city of 3.8 million. The former reality TV star said during the debate that he would crack down on crime, improve the city’s fire response readiness, and move away from the city’s ineffective efforts to combat homelessness. 

“The good news is when I enforce the law and clear the streets of the drug addicts that have taken over 40 blocks of downtown L.A., abandoned buildings that have drug addicts just lighting them on fire every other day, I will have potentially 20,000 units available to build,” Pratt said. 

Spencer Pratt DESTROYS Los Angeles’s Communist mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Nithya Raman:

“The good news is, when I enforce the law and clear the street of the drug addicts that have taken over 40 blocks of downtown LA, abandoned buildings that have drug addicts just… pic.twitter.com/FsXKD22lMC

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Pratt, whose home was burned down in the Pacific Palisades fire, accused Bass of denying money requested for fire engines just weeks before the blaze. He also accused her of using water reserves for fire fighting for drinking water. Bass claimed that Pratt was spreading “inaccurate” details of her response to the L.A. fires and said the reservoirs in question “have been for drinking water” for decades. The mayor also accused Pratt of spreading false information on the wind speeds during the fire outbreak, which L.A. authorities said were too high for firefighting aircraft to respond to the fires.

“She’s an incredible liar,” Pratt responded, urging the audience to research what weather stations reported on the wind speeds in the early days of the blaze. The debate moderators cut him off and told him he could not engage in “name-calling.”

NEW: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt fires back after the debate moderator accused him of “name-calling.”

Pratt: “[Karen Bass] an incredible liar…”

Moderator: “I have to interrupt you for a minute. I have to interrupt you. No name-calling.”

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During a different exchange, Pratt criticized Raman over her approach to homelessness and said she would get stabbed if she tried to implement her drug treatment plan for the homeless. 

“Councilwoman Raman acts like she doesn’t have any authority with this homelessness. She was the third most powerful person in city council,” he said. “She runs the homeless housing thing. She acts like this is just Mayor Bass.”

“The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super-meth. They are on fentanyl. The DEA statistics says 93% of this is a drug addiction problem,” he added. “Councilwoman Raman’s plan for treatment first — I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with her, and we can find some of these people she’s going to offer treatment for. 
She’s going to get stabbed in the neck. These people do not want a bed. They want fentanyl or super-meth. These ideas cost us over $400 million.”

Pratt also accused Raman of favoring squatters over tenants, saying she would sue landlords who try to get squatters out of their properties. 

Moderators also asked the candidates if they would support letting noncitizens vote in elections. 

Pratt said no, while both Bass and Raman said it “depends.” 

“They could have green cards, they could be here perfectly legal, and there’s a lot of states and cities that do that on very, very local elections,” Bass said. 

Raman accused Pratt of having a “MAGA” vision for Los Angeles and said he was working with Bass to attack her campaign. 

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“Mayor Bass and I are definitely not working together. I blame this person for burning down my house and my parents’ house and my town, and all my neighbors down,” Pratt responded. “You think it’s easier to run against the incumbent mayor with all the unions or a random city council member who’s been a failure for six years? I would much rather run against Councilwoman Raman.” 

The Los Angeles mayoral race is slated for June 2, 2026. If no candidate gets a majority of the vote, the top two candidates will move on to a runoff in November.