Spencer Pratt Declares 'It's War' Against Karen Bass and Nithya Raman After Los Angeles Mayor Loss

Spencer Pratt, who failed to advance to the November runoff for Los Angeles mayor, posted a new video Friday declaring "It's war" against Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman while acknowledging his mayoral campaign has ended.

“LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Republican and former reality television personality Spencer Pratt responded to his loss in the Los Angeles mayoral primary in a video posted Friday morning, saying "you have no idea how bad things are about to get for the city”

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Pratt said he did not get into the race "for political power" and threatened to "expose this corrupt machine," adding he has audio proof that may force Bass and Raman to "resign in shame."

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In the same video, Pratt claimed major developers, hoteliers, business owners, and entrepreneurs were leaving Los Angeles, which he said could mean less tax revenue and limited city services including "less firefighters, less police patrols."

ABC7 Los Angeles reported that Pratt criticized the remaining candidates as "two morons" and said "every problem" tied to "these two corrupt communists" would "accelerate" under their leadership.

The ABC7 report also said Pratt claimed the candidates have a recording that would make her resign in shame, but he did not directly say whether it was of Bass or Raman.

After the Associated Press called the race for Raman, the Hollywood Reporter said Raman would face off against Bass come Nov. 3, with Pratt eliminated after failing to secure enough votes to advance.

NBC News projected earlier this week that Raman would advance to the runoff against Bass, and Pratt remained mostly quiet except for posting a picture of a duck on X before sharing his video.

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The Hollywood Reporter cited vote totals showing Bass leading with 291,397 votes, or 34.3 percent, while Raman had 246,333, or 29 percent, and Pratt had 216,783, or 25.5 percent.

Variety reported that Pratt finished third in the June 2 primary behind Bass and Raman and said Raman surpassed him in the vote count five days after election day, with Raman holding a 30,000 vote lead over Pratt and a margin of about 3.5%.

Variety also quoted Pratt predicting "You have no idea how bad things are about to get for this city" and saying his goal had not changed as he vowed to keep "stopping these commie animals."

In the wake of Pratt’s concession video, NBC Los Angeles said it reached out to the campaigns for Bass and Raman but did not hear back as of Friday afternoon, while ABC7 reported the Raman campaign had no comment and the Bass campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

“Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt posted a fiery video on social media teasing his plans for "Phase III" of his effort to clean up the city and teasing information he has that could force one of the candidates still in the race to resign if elected”

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Fox News reported that Pratt’s video teased "Phase III" and floated a claim that a video recording in his possession could force one of the candidates still in the race to resign if elected, while he insisted he was waiting until the city’s final choice in November.

KTLA described Pratt’s concession as aggressive and said he threatened to release alleged recordings of one of the runoff candidates that would "make her resign in shame," while he told Angelenos to "pick your demon."

The Los Angeles Times said Pratt’s supporters faced a difficult choice in November and quoted Meghan Daum saying, "OK, now what? What can we do?" after Pratt’s loss.

In the same Los Angeles Times piece, Dan Schnur said Pratt "identified a previously invisible level of anger and frustration," framing the question going forward as whether he, or someone else, could shape that emotion into a movement.