{"id":73856,"date":"2026-05-21T22:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-is-supporting-spencer-pratt-in-the-la-mayors-race-it-may-be-a-poison-pill\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:01:26","slug":"trump-is-supporting-spencer-pratt-in-the-la-mayors-race-it-may-be-a-poison-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-is-supporting-spencer-pratt-in-the-la-mayors-race-it-may-be-a-poison-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump is supporting Spencer Pratt in the LA mayor\u2019s race. It may be a poison pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President says reality star a \u2018big Maga person\u2019 but backing may prove more hindrance than help in deep-blue bastion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/may\/21\/donald-trump-ballroom-reconciliation-bill-republicans-democrats-war-powers-iran-epa-ai-latest-news-updates\">US politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> endorsement is typically a boon for candidates seeking elected office \u2013 a show of support, or disapproval, from the president has proved significant in races across the US this year.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump\u2019s recent comments on the Los Angeles mayor\u2019s race, just weeks before the primary, are sure to benefit Democrats. The president spoke favorably of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/16\/spencer-pratt-los-angeles-mayor\">Spencer Pratt<\/a>, a former Republican and reality TV star who is polling second in the contest to lead America\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/21\/spencer-pratt-los-angeles-mayor-trump\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President says reality star a \u2018big Maga person\u2019 but backing may prove more hindrance than help in deep-blue bastion US politics live \u2013 latest updates Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement is typically a boon for candidates seeking elected office \u2013 a show of support, or disapproval, from the president has proved significant in races across the US &#8230; <a title=\"Trump is supporting Spencer Pratt in the LA mayor\u2019s race. It may be a poison pill\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-is-supporting-spencer-pratt-in-the-la-mayors-race-it-may-be-a-poison-pill\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump is supporting Spencer Pratt in the LA mayor\u2019s race. It may be a poison pill\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}