Mayor of Los Angeles hopeful, Spencer Pratt, unleashed a scathing post to X claiming to not be affiliated to any political party.
‘Everyone is trying to claim me for their tribe,’ wrote the 42-year-old. ‘There’s no R next to my name, there’s no D next to my name.
‘I’m not part of a political party, because I hate politicians.
‘I’m just Spencer, husband to Heidi, father to Ryker and Gunner, and I’m a pissed off Angeleno who loves my city and is fed up with what corrupt politicians have done to her.’
The former reality TV star’s post on Saturday came just two days after he gave a CNN interview in which he revealed that he had been convinced to register as a Republican because of the party’s full embrace of gun rights.
Since 2020, Pratt has been registered as Republican but is running as a independent community advocate.
In the Thursday CNN chat he said: ‘You want to break some news here?’ Pratt said, pitching what he was about to say as something he’s never publicly shared before.
‘When I was a hated reality star I got so many death threats. I had so much security and police. And what did they tell me to do?
Mayor of Los Angeles hopeful, Spencer Pratt, claimed to not be affiliated to any political party just days after explaining on Thursday why he was a registered Republican
Pratt wrote that he hated politicians while uploading a ballet showing that he is running as a Community Advocate
‘Get a gun,’ Pratt recalled. ‘This is real. I know people don’t like guns, but LA is dangerous if you’re hated. So, I got a gun. My wife got a gun.’
He then explained that he and his wife, Heidi Montag, needed concealed carry permits because in California, citizens are generally not allowed to open carry firearms, whether they are loaded or unloaded.
And because Republicans in California are far more supportive of concealed carry than Democrats, Pratt chose to register with the GOP.
Pratt’s comments come as he fights to overtake his main opponents in the mayoral race, incumbent Karen Bass and LA Councilmember Nithya Raman.
The primary is on June 2, with Bass considered the favorite to win. Current polling indicates the race may go to a November 3 runoff since none of the candidates have an outright majority.
Pratt recently appeared to keep President Donald Trump at arm’s length after he praised the former TV star on Wednesday.
Pratt told CNN that Republicans’ support of the right of Americans to carry concealed weapons is what convinced him to join the GOP
Pratt pictured with his wife, Heidi Montag added: ‘I’m just Spencer, husband to Heidi, father to Ryker and Gunner, and I’m a pissed off Angeleno who loves my city and is fed up with what corrupt politicians have done to her’
Trump was asked about Pratt at Joint Base Andrews, as he departed for Connecticut to deliver a commencement address. A reporter asked the President whether he saw himself in Pratt, given their shared reality-TV-star past.
‘I’d like to see him do well,’ Trump responded. ‘He’s a character. I don’t know – I don’t know him, I assume he probably supports me. Does he support me?’
The reporter answered, ‘I think so,’ to which the president responded ‘I heard he does. I heard he’s a big MAGA person.’
Pratt has been coy about seeking the President’s endorsement, especially since he is running in a heavily Democratic city.
The reality TV veteran has also pushed that he is not MAGA.
Naughty But Nice Substacker Rob Shuter reported that Trump was mulling a Pratt endorsement.
Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, met while appearing on The Hills together
‘Trump loves celebrity candidates, and Spencer knows exactly how to dominate headlines,’ a Republican insider told Shuter. ‘The idea of endorsing him has absolutely been discussed.’
Shuter also reported that Pratt was trying to walk a fine line – attract conservative voters but not get too tied up in national politics.
A Trump endorsement would void the latter.
The President didn’t officially endorse Pratt on the JBA tarmac, but he indicated his seal of approval.
‘He’s doing well,’ Trump told reporters.
The President then floated that Pratt could lose due to a ‘really rigged vote in California.’
‘You have a rigged vote out there,’ Trump said.
President Donald Trump had positive things to say about Republican LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, who became a household name after appearing on the reality TV show The Hills
‘If we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California,’ Trump claimed.
‘Because I do great with Hispanics, but it’s a rigged vote,’ he added.
Trump has long falsely claimed that he has more support in California – and other blue states – than reported, due to the states’ use of mail-in ballots.
Pratt has drawn comparisons to the president by his former aide, Steven Bannon.
Republican firebrand Bannon, who served in the first Trump administration as the White House chief strategist, said that Pratt was ‘probably the most Trumpian candidate we’ve ever seen in terms of house style.’
‘Trump’s superpower was bringing in people into politics who hate politics, and that’s what [Pratt] is doing online right now,’ Bannon, 72, told NPR.
Pratt’s political run picked up steam as he targeted incumbent LA mayor Karen Bass for how she managed the Palisades Fire last year, which burned his own home down.
The mayoral hopeful has recurrently highlighted the high levels of drug use and rampant homelessness in LA during his campaign, promising a three–week ‘grace period’ to warn criminals, drug users and homeless people to leave the west coast city.
‘Pratt knows it’s not politics, it’s drama,’ Bannon said. ‘He’s got a warrior mentality.’
