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Liberal CNN Contributor Has Total MELTDOWN Over Spencer Pratt: ‘I Am So Exhausted of Being Surrounded by This Level of Idiocy’ (VIDEO)
Gateway Pundit ^ | May 11, 2026 | Mike LaChance

Posted on 05/11/2026 10:32:04 PM PDT by Red Badger

Screencap of Twitter/X video. This weekend on CNN, liberal contributor Leigh McGowan threw a hissy fit when another panelist, Lydia Moynihan, was talking about the success of Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign in Los Angeles.

It began with McGowan rolling her eyes but then she exploded when she couldn’t hold it together anymore.

This is proof that Pratt is doing well. As Rush Limbaugh always used to say, the left will tell you who they’re afraid of. That’s exactly what is happening here.

FOX News has details:

CNN panelist Lydia Moynihan and political commentator Leigh McGowan sparred during a heated segment on “Table for Five” over LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt and his comments about homelessness, drug use and public safety in Los Angeles.

“I think Republicans should be taking copious notes because he’s literally – you just got to embrace common sense and be normal,” Moynihan said during the segment while defending Pratt’s growing online popularity and criticism of city leadership…

McGowan pushed back immediately, saying Pratt’s comments and political aspirations reflected celebrity culture rather than practical governance.

“Is this common sense for real?” McGowan said. “Like, as an LA voter, as someone that will vote for mayor in Los Angeles, I’m telling you, this is the opposite of common sense. This is so embarrassing.”…

“I am so exhausted of being surrounded by this level of idiocy,” McGowan said. “This guy is not practical. This man’s plan was to live off his reality fame.”

McGowan also questioned Pratt’s campaign-style promises on homelessness, corruption and “renters’ rights.”

“He says he’s going to end corruption. How?” McGowan said. “He says he’s going to have no more homeless. How? He says he’s going to have renters’ rights. How?”

Watch the whole exchange below:

VIDEO AT LINK..................

Isn’t it fascinating how McGowan is demanding to know ‘how’ Pratt is going to do the things he is promising? Liberals rarely ask that question when people like Mamdani promise the moon to voters.

What you’re seeing here is fear. Pratt’s campaign has gone viral and represents a real threat to the left. If he wasn’t, you wouldn’t be seeing this kind of behavior on CNN.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: california; cnn; mayor; meltdown; partisanmedia; pratt
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1 posted on 05/11/2026 10:32:04 PM PDT by Red Badger
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If Pratt does no more than expose liberals’ malicious fear, he’s accomplished a lot.

Let’s just pray he wins.


2 posted on 05/11/2026 10:56:18 PM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: Red Badger

Serious question: Who watches CNN?


3 posted on 05/11/2026 11:03:04 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: Red Badger

The typical lib response: “I’m so much smarter than this guy running for office. He’s a child and doesn’t understand that all the BS that we’re doing is MANDATORY”.


4 posted on 05/11/2026 11:03:56 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Red Badger

Pratt’s comments has reduced these Leftnick’s TDS affected brains into a ball of ganglia full of burned out nerve cells.


5 posted on 05/11/2026 11:28:48 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The DemonKKKrat Marxists ride Unicorns on their fantasy farms.)
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To: Red Badger

He’s kicking the leftist ass and he knows it, and so do they. If LA wasn’t a 💩hole. He’d be a walk in.


6 posted on 05/12/2026 12:08:17 AM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)
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To: Red Badger

If she’s exhausted being surrounded by idiocy, why does she work at CNN?


7 posted on 05/12/2026 12:38:53 AM PDT by HonorInPa
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To: Red Badger

Practical politics?

In California?


8 posted on 05/12/2026 1:12:08 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Liz

Low chance sadly
Demographics


9 posted on 05/12/2026 1:27:13 AM PDT by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless what’s going on We’re fighting for our civilization )
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To: Red Badger

Pratt’s ads are fantastic!


10 posted on 05/12/2026 1:35:58 AM PDT by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
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To: Red Badger
She wants to know “how” Pratt is going to solve LA’a problems. Apparently because the libs she votes for have done such a terrific job.
11 posted on 05/12/2026 2:14:54 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 30 years.)
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To: Red Badger

Oh, that woman. Chicks On The Right call her “the pony tail lady”; I never knew her actual name.

I like to watch Scott Jennings school her.

Those two female candidates are terrified of Pratt. I could be wrong, but having them drop out of the debate with him makes them seem ... I dunno ... afwaid of him. LOL!


12 posted on 05/12/2026 2:50:48 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Equine1952

Bass still is at 50%; Pratt is at 30%. He’s got some work to do, and he has some time to do it.


13 posted on 05/12/2026 2:51:40 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Shady

“Pratt’s ads are fantastic!”

His re-tweet of his opponent’s ad was the best. What made it great was that, at the end, he added his little shimmy action with eyeroll from the debate.


14 posted on 05/12/2026 3:06:27 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: nuke_road_warrior

The libs will still be in control of the Machine.


15 posted on 05/12/2026 3:23:13 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Red Badger

Stompy feet.


16 posted on 05/12/2026 3:43:21 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: Red Badger

That Leftist kunnt is nuttier than a fruitcake


17 posted on 05/12/2026 4:08:01 AM PDT by Az Joe (Iran is the Great Satan - Destroy it)
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To: LeonardFMason

Liberals..............


18 posted on 05/12/2026 4:21:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Too bad Scott Adams isn’t alive to see this. It is a perfect example of the cognitive dissonance that happens when leftists living in a bubble encounter hard facts that do not suit the narrative.

I encourage everyone to watch the video instead of just reading the transcript. Her facial contortions and gestures show that she is experiencing real stress.


19 posted on 05/12/2026 4:22:56 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: Red Badger

Brainwashed media.


20 posted on 05/12/2026 4:25:09 AM PDT by FreedBird (A)
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