Spencer Pratt Makes Case For Why L.A. Will Shock The Political World

Former reality television star Spencer Pratt is doubling down on his insurgent Los Angeles mayoral campaign, telling Fox & Friends on Thursday that frustrated voters across the political spectrum are rallying behind his message of public safety, homelessness reform, and government accountability.

Pratt, who has surged into the spotlight as a long-shot challenger to embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, argued that his campaign is resonating because he refuses to engage in partisan politics and instead focuses on what he described as the city’s basic failures.

“I don’t do national politics, I don’t do parties,” Pratt said during the interview. “I just say, look, they’re stealing all of our tax money to give it to drug addicts to have needles and tourniquets, and they’re actually even selling the drugs to these addicts to let these people die on our sidewalks.” 

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Pratt said voters are increasingly gravitating toward his outsider candidacy because Los Angeles residents have lost faith in longtime city leadership after years of worsening homelessness, crime, and public disorder. “They spent all of our tax money to increase problems,” Pratt said. “People want an outsider that’s not a politician, that’s just saying the facts, the truth — these people have failed us.”

“The Hills” former star also touted his fundraising surge following a recent mayoral debate, claiming voters nationwide — particularly former Los Angeles residents — are fueling his campaign. “People forget, over 50,000 people a year leave Los Angeles because it’s so terrible,” Pratt said. “These are actually former Angelenos that got forced out of this city that Mayor Bass has destroyed, and that’s why they’re donating, because they want me to be mayor so they can move back.”

Despite being a registered Republican, Pratt repeatedly emphasized that his support is largely from Democrats angry with the city’s current direction. “Democrats are very angry with what happened to Los Angeles,” Pratt said. “They were fed a bunch of lies by Mayor Bass, who said she was going to literally solve homelessness.”

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“It’s a nonpartisan race,” he added. “There’s no letter next to either of our names, because the mayor is not supposed to represent a party. They’re supposed to make sure your moms are safe, your houses don’t burn down, and your tax money is going to your infrastructure, not to fund drug addicts.”

Pratt also predicted he could avoid a runoff entirely, saying, “I have a feeling God wants me just to win with 51% on June 2nd, and it’s over.”

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The candidate urged supporters to actually go out and vote, not just vent frustrations online, arguing that low voter turnout has helped preserve what he called decades of failed leadership in Los Angeles.

“A lot of people have given up because we’ve had 22 years of failed policies in LA,” Pratt said.

Much of Pratt’s campaign has centered around anger over the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, including Pratt’s own property and his parents’ home.

During the interview, Pratt blamed Bass and California leadership for the city’s struggles rebuilding after the fires and painted a grim picture of recovery efforts in Pacific Palisades. “The reality is a lot of these people now don’t get to come back because of Mayor Bass,” Pratt said. “Out of 7,000 people, maybe 600 houses are in the works, and in over 18 months maybe nine houses have been built.”

Pratt also took aim at progressive councilmember Nithya Raman, accusing her and Bass of allowing homelessness and drug abuse to spiral out of control while dismissing concerns from parents about encampments near schools. “The drug addicts that are attacking moms, that are naked in front of kids — that is on her and Mayor Bass,” Pratt said.

While Pratt remains one of the most unconventional — and fun — political figures going, his blunt rhetoric and outsider message appear to be gaining traction in a city increasingly frustrated by crime, homelessness, and rising costs of living.