Spencer Pratt delivered a blistering rebuke of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her socialist challenger Nithya Raman, declaring that Bass played with fire and then got fired as Raman surged ahead in the still-uncalled mayoral race.
According to the New York Post, Pratt, who finished third in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, used his X account to argue that Basss apparent defeat was self-inflicted. Nithya didnt win, he wrote as several outlets projected Raman as the victor. Karen lost. You simply cant destroy a city as much as she did. She played with fire, and she got fired.
Pratt made clear he has no confidence that Raman will reverse the citys decline. He derided the left-wing councilwoman as a moron and described the entire contest as a humiliation ritual.
Nithya wont offer any reprieve, though. Shes a moron and the city will continue to decline. The real loser today is LA, but we were gonna tank with either candidate, he said. This wasnt an electionit was a humiliation ritual.
While the Associated Press had not officially called the race as of 10:53 a.m. Thursday, major outlets including CNN, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projected Raman as the winner. Early returns showed Raman with 52.1% of the vote to Basss 47.9%, with 76% of ballots counted and the socialist candidate holding roughly a 34,000-vote edge in the nations second-largest city.
Pratt framed the result as a stinging rebuke not only to Bass but to affluent liberal enclaves that, in his view, enabled destructive policies. He said the outcome was particularly embarrassing for residents of Pacific Palisades, who he argued had already suffered under Basss leadership during last years wildfires.
Especially for my neighbors in the Palisades, who endured the extra indignity of casting their ballots for the witch who burned down our town, only to see their pick ultimately lose, so it was all for naught, he continued. He cast Basss apparent ouster as poetic justice for voters who backed a mayor he blames for public safety failures and mismanagement.
Despite his contempt for both candidates, Pratt suggested that Ramans positions could be tempered by sustained opposition. He labeled her a moron and pillow-soft politician who can be bullied into moderating her positions under intense public and legal scrutiny.
Keep pressure on her, be ruthless, and you can mitigate some of the damage she will do. Couple that with continued federal intervention with Bill Essayli, you could actually make a dent in improving some things, he said.
Pratt closed his remarks with a pointed admonition to voters who treated the primary as an afterthought. Anyway. Take the primaries more seriously from now on, yeah? Ok good talk.
Ramans rise has been rapid, moving from Los Angeles city councilwoman to the brink of the mayors office after a last-minute February campaign launch that came even after she had endorsed Bass. Her likely victory comes as Democrats boast of sweeping gains nationwide and claim to have flipped both federal congressional chambers.
Bass has not yet conceded, and Raman has refrained from declaring victory as ballots continue to be counted. If the projections hold, Raman would become Los Angeles first Indian-American mayor and the first Democratic Socialists of America member to lead the city, joining New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Washington, D.C. mayoral winner Janeese Lewis-George as socialists at the helm of major American municipalities.
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