Spencer Pratt may shrug off celebrity endorsements, but Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is eagerly embracing them as she courts every available ally from the Hollywood left.
According to the Gateway Pundit, Bass has now secured the backing of one of the entertainment industrys most enduring progressive activists, Jane Fonda, just as the city heads toward another contentious mayoral contest. Fox News reported that Bass announced on Thursday she had received an endorsement from the veteran actor and activist, a move that underscores the tight bond between Democratic politicians and liberal Hollywood power brokers.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced on Thursday that she received an endorsement from actor and activist Jane Fonda. In a statement to TheWrap, Bass gushed over the support, declaring, Jane Fonda has spent her life on the front lines from civil rights to womens rights to the fight for our climate and Im deeply honored to have her support.
Bass then attempted to frame the endorsement in apocalyptic partisan terms, invoking President Donald Trump as a looming threat to the city and its progressive agenda. The statement continued, At a time when Donald Trump is attacking our city, our immigrant neighbors, and the freedoms generations of women fought to win, Angelenos need leaders willing to stand up and speak out. Jane has never been afraid to do either, and Im proud to have her in this fight with us.
Fox News Digital later confirmed the statement from the mayors office, cementing the alliance between Bass and one of the lefts most polarizing cultural figures. Fonda previously endorsed Bass and donated to her 2022 mayoral campaign against businessman Rick Caruso, further illustrating her long-standing role as a Democratic rainmaker in Los Angeles politics.
Yet Fondas loyalties have not always been exclusive to Bass, as she also backed Bass current primary opponent, Nithya Raman, in Ramans 2024 city council race. Fonda even attended Ramans swearing-in ceremony, highlighting the intra-left jockeying that often defines Los Angeles political scene.
Bass proudly touted the latest Fonda endorsement on social media, clearly viewing it as a political trophy in a city where Hollywood clout still matters. But the reaction from Fox News personality Kennedy was blistering, reminding voters of Fondas most infamous chapter.
Kennedy wrote on Twitter/X, When American POWs tried to sneak her notes with their personal information to tell their families they were still alive, she gave them to the North Vietnamese. Some of them were beaten to death. You are both commies and you can both fuck off. For many Americans, especially veterans and conservatives, that history has never been forgotten, no matter how many progressive causes Fonda wraps herself in today.
The sharp rebuke from Kennedy captured a sentiment long held on the right: that Hollywood elites like Fonda can posture as moral authorities while never fully accounting for their past betrayals. As Bass leans on aging liberal celebrities to bolster her standing, critics will continue to question whether such endorsements reflect genuine leadership or just the same old left-wing echo chamber that has failed Los Angeles on crime, homelessness, and basic governance.
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