Posted on 06/02/2026 12:46:22 AM PDT by texas booster
The far left has enjoyed one-party rule in the City of Angels for decades, but now there’s a slight wrinkle in their plans as Los Angeles might finally get its first non-left mayor in years this Tuesday.
Spencer Pratt, the nominally conservative former reality TV star turned political activist, is currently trailing by less than five points behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and is even closer to current City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, according to recent polling by UC Berkeley/The Los Angeles Times.
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Two far-left candidates may split the vote, and Pratt, for all the grief the Left bestows upon him, is not really identifiable as a MAGA Republican—the thing Los Angeles voters hate most—argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.
A big issue in L.A. that goes unmentioned is thousands of unaccountable mobile street food vendors selling without licensing or health inspections or paying sales tax since 2022, but restaurants are legally required licensing & inspected & paying sales tax to operate or they get fined & shut down. It's a massive double standard.
The above quote is from the comments. This is Prof Hanson's take on the LA mayor's race.
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The Lying Media (MSM) has done a fantastic job of disparaging anything relative to MAGA. Why would an American not want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?
Soon, it will be only too obvious to ignore.
Spencer Pratt should up his security. He’s running against a lot of evil, mentally-ll individuals.
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