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Reality TV Wildcard Steamrolls Dems During Explosive Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

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Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt walked onto the Los Angeles mayoral debate stage Wednesday as a political curiosity.

By the end of the night, he had Mayor Karen Bass and socialist Councilwoman Nithya Raman scrambling to defend years of failed policies while social media exploded over Pratt’s pointed attacks on homelessness, crime and the city’s disastrous wildfire response.

Pratt repeatedly hammered Bass and Raman over what he described as the collapse of Los Angeles under progressive leadership.

The former “Hills” personality accused city leaders of letting crime and drug addiction consume entire sections of downtown while wasting hundreds of millions on homelessness programs that have failed to clear encampments from the streets.

“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.,” Pratt said, “I will have potentially 20,000 units available to build.”

Pratt also turned the debate into a brutal referendum on Bass’ handling of the Pacific Palisades wildfire that destroyed his home.

The mayor has faced growing criticism over budget decisions involving the Los Angeles Fire Department before the blaze erupted.

Pratt accused Bass of rejecting a request for additional funding tied to firefighting equipment just weeks before the fire.

“To the mayor Karen Bass’ one thousand firefighters were available, but there were no engines for them because there were seventeen million dollars that Chief [Kristin] Crowley had asked the mayor for nine weeks before and Mayor Karen Bass denied it,” Pratt said.

“So they may have been available, but they didn’t have the equipment they needed.”

He also accused Bass of mismanaging water resources tied to firefighting operations.

Bass denied the claims and insisted Pratt was spreading inaccurate information about the city’s emergency response.

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The mayor also argued weather conditions made aerial firefighting impossible during the height of the blaze.

“He talked about the winds, that is just completely inaccurate,” Bass claimed.

“If that were accurate, then the planes would have been able to fly.”

Pratt immediately fired back. “She’s an incredible liar,” he shot back before urging viewers to verify wind reports themselves.

“Everyone on their phones, Google it. 40 weather stations in the Pacific Palisades, it never went above 40 miles per hour.”

Moderators quickly intervened and warned Pratt over the “name-calling.”

The most fiery exchanges of the night came during a heated argument over homelessness and public safety.

Pratt repeatedly accused Raman of enabling chaos across Los Angeles through soft-on-crime policies and expensive housing-first initiatives.

“Councilwoman Raman acts like she doesn’t have any authority with this homelessness,” Pratt remarked. “She was the third most powerful person in city council.”

He then tore into the city’s handling of addiction and treatment programs.

“The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super-meth. They are on fentanyl,” Pratt argued. “The DEA statistics says 93% of this is a drug addiction problem.”

Pratt mocked the city’s “Inside Safe” homelessness initiative while claiming taxpayers were being forced to bankroll policies that only made Los Angeles more dangerous.

“Inside Safe makes all of us outside, unsafe,” he joked.

He also challenged Raman directly over her treatment-first approach to homeless encampments.

“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,” Pratt challenged.

“She’s going to get stabbed in the neck. These people do not want a bed. They want fentanyl or super-meth.”

Raman attempted to paint Pratt as a MAGA-style populist exploiting voter frustration.

She accused Pratt of coordinating attacks with Bass to damage her campaign.

Pratt dismissed the suggestion instantly. “Mayor Bass and I are definitely not working together,” he replied.

“I blame this person for burning down my house and my parents’ house and my town, and all my neighbors down.”

Pratt then argued he would much rather face Raman than Bass in the race.

“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?” Pratt asked.

“I would much rather run against Councilwoman Raman.”

Moderators later asked the candidates whether noncitizens should be allowed to vote in local elections.

Pratt opposed the idea outright. Bass and Raman both offered more conditional answers.

“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 answered.

The debate quickly triggered backlash against Raman online.

Political reporters covering the event said the progressive councilwoman appeared overwhelmed during several exchanges.

“What really surprised me is how rough of a night Nithya Raman had,” Politico reporter Dustin Gardiner said during a post-debate television appearance.

“She was struggling with some of her answers. The moderators were struggling to get her to answer some of the yes and no questions.”

Gardiner also acknowledged Pratt performed far better than many political observers expected.

Commentators who predicted the former reality star would collapse under pressure were suddenly forced to rethink the race.

Conservative commentator Meghan McCain praised Pratt’s performance on X.

“This is not hyperbole,” McCain wrote. “Spencer Pratt is the blueprint for how my generation of older millennials needs to communicate and present their ideas and campaign messaging when running for office.”

“He is 10/10 no notes,” she concluded. “Absolute raw talent. Killed the debate.”

The debate came just days after an AI-generated campaign ad transformed Pratt into a Batman-style figure battling progressive politicians across a dystopian version of Los Angeles.

The video depicts Pratt suiting up as the city burns around him while Mayor Karen Bass, Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris are portrayed as villainous elites ignoring crime and homelessness.

In the video, the fictionalized version of Los Angeles descends into chaos while masked Democratic Socialists of America or “DSA” agents drag a terrified woman before political leaders who laugh at her concerns about drug addicts near schools.

Later in the ad, Pratt joins podcaster Joe Rogan before confronting Bass, Newsom and Harris in a final showdown.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush praised the video on X. “Maybe the best political ad of the year,” Bush wrote.

The Los Angeles mayoral election is scheduled for June 2. If no candidate wins a majority of the vote, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff election in November.

Watch the full debate here:

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