Spencer Pratt just lost his lead in the race for Mayor of L.A., and now it looks like Nithya Raman will advance to the November runoff race with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. And while the former reality TV star has stayed mum, MAGA has something to say about it. More specifically, President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vancehave something to say about The Hills alum’s unexpected loss — and so do fans (scratch that, critics).
What did Donald Trump say about Spencer Pratt’s loss in Los Angeles?
While Trump never officially endorsed Pratt, he did have some good things to say about the candidate. Of course, they do share some similarities. They’re both former reality stars-turned-political figures, they’re both outside contenders, and they’re both often cast in the villain role.
In May, Trump told reporters, “I’d like to see him do well. He’s a character. I hear he’s a big MAGA person. He’s doing well.” On Monday, after news of Raman’s lead broke, Trump posted to Truth Social, “Not possible for Spencer Pratt to have lost L.A. runoffs after the big lead he had. 3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections!”
Even though Pratt was touted as the early winner and the media had already pitted him against Bass in the upcoming fall election, as the mail-in ballots were counted, things took a dramatic turn. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t dramatic in terms of the numbers. By Tuesday, June 9, Raman had 229,576 votes, and Pratt had 207,757. With just over 92% of the votes in, 66,000 votes remain.
What did Vice Presdient J.D. Vance say about Spencer Pratt losing the election?
Like Trump, Vance wasn’t happy about the loss. While he didn’t post his views on social media, he did air his grievances on live TV.
During an interview with Fox News, the Vice President said, “Fundamentally, the problem here with this whole thing is, how is it that you had Karen Bass who was in first place, Spencer Pratt was in second place, and then this other woman was in third place. You would expect these mail-in ballots to kind of make that same basic pattern where number one gets the most votes, number two would get the second most votes, and so on.”
Vance continued, “ But somehow we find ourselves in a situation where number one, they’re still receiving ballots, not just counting ballots, Jessie; they’re still receiving ballots. And number two, the way that they’re coming in just so happens to work out such that the Republican is getting kicked out of the final two, so it’s a Democrat versus a Democrat runoff. That seems pretty shady to me.”
What did fans have to say about Spencer Pratt and J.D. Vance?
In a recent post on the Entertainment subreddit, fans and critics voiced their opinions about Vance’s interview. One Redditor posted, “Maybe people remembered who Spencer Pratt is,” and another pointed out, “It’s literally the trial run for discrediting any result from the mid-term elections they don’t like.”
Others brought up Pratt’s reality TV fame, with one Reddit user saying, “Yeah, so weird that LA, a city that’s under 20% registered conservative, didn’t pick the idiot fame chaser from The Hills,” and another added, “The only surprising part is he made it as far as he did.”