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Karen Bass slammed for pulling out of key debate after Spencer Pratt success
The New York Post ^ | 05/09/2026 | Katie Jerkovich

Posted on 05/11/2026 6:48:19 AM PDT by know.your.why

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is being blasted for backing out of an upcoming mayoral forum just days after she took a beating in a LA mayoral debate, with Spencer Pratt being declared the winner, per an online poll.

“The League of Women Voters and the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs regret to announce that Mayor Karen Bass has withdrawn from the televised Los Angeles mayoral forum scheduled for May 13 on FOX 11,” a statement posted on Instagram from organizers read.

“The forum was organized to give Los Angeles voters the opportunity to hear directly from candidates seeking to lead the city through a period of extraordinary challenges.”

“Five candidates were invited and four candidates committed to participate: Mayor Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman, businessman Adam Miller, and community advocate Rae Huang accepted the invitation and signed forms confirming their attendance,” it added, noting that the former reality star-turned LA mayor hopeful had declined citing a conflict with his schedule.

“We are disappointed that voters will be denied the opportunity to see the Mayor side-by-side with her main opponents in a televised forum just as voters are beginning to really pay attention to the race,” Mike Bonin, who runs the Pat Brown Institute, told The Post in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; karenbass; la; mayor; spencerpratt

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1 posted on 05/11/2026 6:48:19 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: know.your.why

Pratt read Alinsky’s book.


2 posted on 05/11/2026 6:49:11 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: know.your.why

That video is devastating because it tells the truth.


3 posted on 05/11/2026 6:50:11 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: know.your.why

I read where she has the coveted Kamala Harris endorsement so she figures it’s a done deal. No need to campaign anymore.


4 posted on 05/11/2026 6:50:21 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: know.your.why

Ah yes, the old democrat refuse to debate trick....page 1 in the hide the incompetent candidate playbook.....because it worked do well for kamalalaladingdong. 😂


5 posted on 05/11/2026 6:51:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: know.your.why

Those idiots in LA will still vote for her. Heck, they’d vote for a soup can as long as it was labeled as a Democrat, (communist).


6 posted on 05/11/2026 6:53:36 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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Replace her with a cardboard cutout , Oh wait it might do better than the real thing ,LOL


7 posted on 05/11/2026 6:54:34 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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Question-the real one: Will it or will it hurt her enough?


8 posted on 05/11/2026 6:57:09 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: know.your.why

Scheduling conflict. She’s getting her hair done and nails varnished.


9 posted on 05/11/2026 6:59:51 AM PDT by lee martell
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Spencer Pratt is a MAN AFIRE. He may not succeed in his bid for the mayor position, but he has and shall continue to reveal a lot of the hypocrisy that prevails in coastal California today. In truth, a lot of minds benumbed by the single-party rule of California over recent decades may be stirred to awaken, no longer “woke”.

Water in the reservoirs sounds pretty good to a LOT of Angelinos. And so obvious.


10 posted on 05/11/2026 7:01:18 AM PDT by alloysteel (The body may betray or fail. The spirit shall endure and prevail. Courage, courage.)
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To: ConservativeMind

SHE IS INCOMPETENT & A LIAR.

SHE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN ANY POLITICAL OFFICE


11 posted on 05/11/2026 7:03:57 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ConservativeMind
That video is devastating because it tells the truth.

Worth watching again...

https://x.com/i/status/2051849106373451947
12 posted on 05/11/2026 7:05:38 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: ConservativeMind
I think this one is new...

https://x.com/i/status/2053589289611698613
13 posted on 05/11/2026 7:06:27 AM PDT by know.your.why
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Good. Frees up Spencer Pratt to utterly dismantle the communist Nithya Ramenoodle.


14 posted on 05/11/2026 7:11:11 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Will it or will it hurt her enough?“

I doubt it. Urban voters reflexively vote for the rat, period. I don’t think they could bring themselves to vote for a Republican. I think they have seen the data and it shows it is safer for Bass to skip the debate and cruise to the win.


15 posted on 05/11/2026 7:15:19 AM PDT by iamgalt ( )
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To: brownsfan

Those idiots in LA will still vote for her. Heck, they’d vote for a soup can as long as it was labeled as a Democrat, (communist).

____________________

I think it’s the California fraud machine more than idiot voters.


16 posted on 05/11/2026 7:23:46 AM PDT by youngidiot (Race is irrelevant to everyone except the racists )
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To: brownsfan

SHE AND HAVIN HAVE EVERYONE ON THE DOLE


17 posted on 05/11/2026 7:28:20 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: know.your.why

Thanks for posting. GREAT Mother’s Day ad. One of the greatest words in human history, “mom”.


18 posted on 05/11/2026 7:28:34 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: know.your.why

That AI Video is hilarious, especially Kamala swilling vodka straight from the bottle and Newsom acting like a male Marie Antoinette.

What’s interesting how AI will influence the midterm elections and how much it will change the 2028 presidential election.

With AI you don’t really need a company producing Ads for your campaign if you have a handful of talented AI engineers who know how to produce ads like this one.


19 posted on 05/11/2026 7:29:55 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

20 posted on 05/11/2026 7:31:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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