{"id":74231,"date":"2026-05-31T02:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/karen-bass-appears-to-liken-spencer-pratt-to-trump-amid-tightening-la-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T02:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:55:39","slug":"karen-bass-appears-to-liken-spencer-pratt-to-trump-amid-tightening-la-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/karen-bass-appears-to-liken-spencer-pratt-to-trump-amid-tightening-la-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Bass appears to liken Spencer Pratt to Trump amid tightening LA mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles<\/a> Mayor Karen Bass and her challengers spent the final weekend before Election Day crisscrossing the city as a surprisingly competitive mayoral race heads toward a likely runoff.<\/p>\n

Bass, who is seeking a second term, is up against former reality star Spencer Pratt and city council member Nithya Raman in Tuesday\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n

Recent polling has shown a competitive race as no candidate is expected to receive more than 50% of the vote. The top two finishers would then advance to a November runoff.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Bass \u2014 who is backed by high-profile Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> and California Gov. Gavin Newsom \u2014 stopped at Yosemite Recreation Center in Eagle Rock.<\/p>\n

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She was seen serving tacos while wearing an apron bearing the slogan “Common Sense and Carne Asada.”<\/p>\n

During an Instagram livestream Saturday, Bass also took aim at Pratt.<\/p>\n

“You have a failed reality TV star who wants to be famous,” she said while speaking with two actresses before appearing to reference President Donald Trump<\/a>. “We know what it means if you put somebody who is a reality TV star in a seat of power.”<\/p>\n

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Pratt spent part of Saturday criticizing Raman on X, including attacking her recent campaign advertisements.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to Instagram, Raman pointed to a recent poll and urged supporters to vote.<\/p>\n

“After millions of dollars of spending against us, we are still here and we are still competitive,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Pratt, who is best known for his role on “The Hills,” has gained attention in the race by criticizing Bass over the response<\/a> to the January 2025 wildfires that destroyed thousands of structures, including his Pacific Palisades home.<\/p>\n

He has also sharply criticized Bass over homelessness<\/a>, drug addiction and crime.<\/p>\n

Pratt has gained momentum in recent weeks<\/a> and secured endorsements from fellow reality television personalities, actors, musicians and media figures.<\/p>\n

Still, Pratt \u2014 a registered Republican \u2014 faces significant challenges in a city where Democratic candidates<\/a> have historically dominated local elections.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Adam Pack, Kiera McDonald and Andrew Mark Miller, along with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her challengers spent the final weekend before Election Day crisscrossing the city as a surprisingly competitive mayoral race heads toward a likely runoff. Bass, who is seeking a second term, is up against former reality star Spencer Pratt and city council member Nithya Raman in Tuesday\u2019s primary election. Recent … 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-74231","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\/74231","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=74231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}