A heavily pregnant Los Angeles tech executive says a terrifying encounter with zombies on city streets has pushed her to abandon the Democrats she once defended and back a Republican for mayor.
According to RedState, Kyrstin Munson, a tech executive and former neighborhood council representative, describes a scene that has become disturbingly routine in the City of Angels: a simple walk outside can turn into a brush with danger, with no meaningful help in sight. For a woman 10 months pregnant in LA, out for a relaxing walk with my 2-year-old, that danger becomes something else entirely a stark indictment of progressive governance and its failure to maintain basic public order.
Her now-viral post lays out the moment that crystallized her political shift. 10 months pregnant in LA, out for a relaxing walk with my 2-year-old and we get trapped by two Zombies, she wrote, using the term many frustrated residents now employ to describe the drug-addled, mentally ill vagrants who dominate too many sidewalks.
Munson continued, My heart is pounding, fight-or-flight in full blast is the LAST thing my body needs right before labor. All I can think about is protecting my kids while the city falls apart around us. In those few lines, she captured what countless Angelenos feel: a constant, low-level fear that spikes into panic the moment they step outside with their families.
Her anger is directed squarely at the progressive leadership that promised compassion and competence but delivered chaos. Tagging Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and far-left City Council member Nithya Raman, Munson wrote, @MayorOfLA @nithyavraman I voted for you. I defended you. But youve lost my trust. That admission from a self-described former defender underscores how deeply disillusioned many Democrats have become with the results of their own policies.
She did not stop there, announcing a political break that would have been unthinkable for many Angelenos just a few years ago. Enough. Im done watching my community live in fear, she declared. Im taking a chance on @spencerpratt - someone wholl actually demand transparency, accountability, and results. For Munson, this is no symbolic protest vote; it is a decision grounded in the safety of her children and the future of her city.
Her verdict on the current state of Los Angeles is blunt and damning. My kids wont grow up in this hellhole. Time for real change. #LosAngeles. That kind of language, once dismissed as right-wing hyperbole, is now coming from voters who until recently were firmly in the Democratic camp and who are now openly questioning whether progressive rule has turned a world-class city into something resembling a dystopian film set.
The beneficiary of her frustration is reality television personality Spencer Pratt, who is running as a Republican against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Democratic Socialists of America-aligned Councilmember Nithya Raman. Pratt, who famously saw his house, as well as his parents residence, burn to the ground during the Palisades fires of January, 2025, has campaigned on restoring order, enforcing the law, and demanding results from a city bureaucracy that has grown bloated but ineffective.
Even in a deep-blue metropolis where Democrats have long assumed permanent dominance, candidates like Pratt now have a plausible path. Residents like Munson are waking up to the reality that the policies they have supported for years permissive homelessness rules, soft-on-crime approaches, and endless spending with little accountability have yielded streets that look like its straight out of an apocalypse movie.
Munsons ordeal unfolded in the heart of Hollywood, not in some neglected fringe neighborhood. She was merely trying to walk with her daughter to Bristol Farms when she came upon the scary scene on Sunday roughly two blocks from the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. That intersection is prime real estate in what was once marketed as glamorous, walkable Los Angeles; now it is another cautionary tale.
Her emotional reaction was immediate and layered. I was scared. Then shocked it was so bad this time. Then furious, said Munson, who has seen the problem from the inside as a former neighborhood council rep. She added, Ive been part of lots of neighborhood meetings and know how stretched the city is, a polite way of saying that endless process and progressive talking points have not translated into safer streets.
The chaos was not confined to a single incident. Earlier that same day, Munson said she was out at medical appointments with her daughter and had to walk around multiple people passed out on the sidewalk. For families, this is not an abstract policy debate about unhoused neighbors or harm reduction; it is a daily obstacle course of addiction, mental illness, and potential violence.
Many longtime residents share her reluctance to walk even short distances in areas that, on paper, should be safe and prosperous. One local described living just over half a mile from a reasonably fancy new outdoor mall thats enjoyable to visit, yet refusing to walk there because the route requires passing through an underpass that looks like its from The Walking Dead. This is what progressive leadership has normalized in one of Americas most iconic cities.
The stakes extend beyond Los Angeles city limits, as California faces a broader political crossroads. Voters have an opening not only in the mayoral race but also in the gubernatorial contest, where Republicans Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco have given us the first real opportunity in years to take back Sacramento. Their law-and-order, pro-accountability message stands in sharp contrast to the one-party rule that has presided over soaring crime, rampant homelessness, and a mass exodus of taxpayers.
Skepticism remains warranted, given the states track record. Im not holding my breath Golden State voters have disappointed the rest of America time and time again, and the all-powerful unions are going to fight tooth and nail to hold onto their power (which means silencing the 25 percent of the electorate that identifies as siding with the GOP, compared to the 45 percent who keep siding with the Dems and cheering on the destruction of the formerly golden state). That imbalance has allowed a radical agenda to flourish with little resistance, even as quality of life plummets.
Some online voices glibly tell Californians to just leave, and millions have indeed fled to redder, more functional states. But as critics point out, what they dont realize is that A) not everybody is able to do so, and B) if this cancer is allowed to spread, which it already arguably has, there wont a place to go. The experience of conservative residents in places like Austin, Texas, and Denver, Colorado once reliably red or moderate cities now grappling with similar urban decay serves as a warning.
Even those sympathetic to the plight of the homeless and addicted acknowledge the breadth of the crisis. Sorry youre experiencing this too. Its a tragedy across the board for everyone. Very complex, one commenter observed, capturing the tension between compassion and the need for order. Progressive leaders have leaned heavily on that complexity as an excuse for inaction, while families like Munsons are left to navigate the fallout alone.
Munsons story resonates because it is both deeply personal and painfully common, and because she is willing to say publicly what many whisper in private. Munsons story is powerful, and shes brave to tell it. We need more like her. If more disillusioned Democrats follow her lead and demand transparency, accountability, and results, Los Angeles and California as a whole may yet have a chance to pull back from the brink and restore the basic civic order that any functioning society requires.
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