LOS ANGELES (KABC) — After falling short in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, Republican candidate and former reality TV figure Spencer Pratt issued a blunt warning to voters in a video posted Friday morning, saying, “you have no idea how bad things are about to get for the city.”
Pratt shared the message on social media in a video titled “Saving LA-Phase III,” making clear that his political defeat does not mean he plans to step away from public life in Los Angeles.
“You thought you could get rid of me that easily?” Pratt said in the video. “I didn’t get in this for political power, I got in this to expose this corrupt machine and nothing’s changed.”
He also took aim at the two candidates still in the race, Nithya Raman and Karen Bass, escalating his criticism as images of both women appeared on screen.
“Angelenos are now stuck with two morons responsible for all their problems and now have to choose between dumb and dumber,” Pratt said.
The video referenced above appears on the ABC7 Los Angeles 24/7 streaming channel.
He also said that “every problem that plagues Los Angeles because of these two corrupt communists is going to accelerate” under their leadership.
Pratt said they have a recording of one of the candidates “doing or saying something that would make her resign in shame,” but did not directly say whether it was of Bass or Raman.
He claimed major developers, hoteliers, business owners and entrepreneurs have told him they are leaving the city, leading to more restaurants closing and less tax revenue.
“That means the city has to cut services. More potholes, less firefighters, less police patrols, more criminals, more drug addicts terrorizing your communities,” Pratt said.
“You have no idea how bad things are about to get for the city, look at this place already,” he added. “The city is a mess and you’re about to reward the arsonist who torched the place with four more years of destruction.”
Pratt competed against Bass and Raman in the primary election for a spot in the November runoff. He was eliminated after failing to secure enough votes to advance.
His candidacy drew national attention due to his celebrity status and outspoken criticism of liberal leadership in a heavily Democratic city, but that attention did not translate into sufficient support at the polls.
Raman entered the race late after previously endorsing Bass for reelection.
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