Podcast host Emily Jashinsky detailed Monday how former reality star Spencer Pratt has turned Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass into a political villain in his quest to defeat her at the ballot box.
Pratt is successfully turning Bass into a villain because he has “control” over the media narrative because he is not a traditional politician and is effective at spreading his message through social media, Jashinsky said on “After Party with Emily Jashinsky.” Bass’ reputation never fully recovered after she traveled to Africa during the disastrous wildfires in her city that caused around 200,000 people, including Pratt, to lose their homes.
“I think Spencer Pratt has realized that Karen Bass can easily be turned into a villain. He watched how people produced him and now he’s producing Karen Bass,” Jashinsky said. “If you watch reality TV, you know that that’s become a little bit of an insider critique sometimes … You can see that Spencer Pratt is producing Karen Bass as a villain because he knows he has control of the media narrative because he is very good at social media. And Karen Bass is a normal politician who is terrible at social media and continues to make terrible excuses to where she was when the fire broke out.”
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Pratt released advertisements targeting Bass over her handling of the wildfires and homelessness. One ad from April 29 showed Pratt contrasting the neighborhoods where Bass and other elites lived versus where himself and everyday Californians were forced to live after losing their homes.
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Is Spencer Pratt effectively shaping the narrative against Karen Bass in the mayoral campaign?— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) April 29, 2026
Jashinsky said that Pratt is earning support from voters who have not traditionally supported Republicans because he is taking down legacy establishment candidates like Bass.
Bass has also faced criticism for how she has handled the homelessness crisis that has plagued her city. Some members of her party, such as Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, have fought to protect homelessness encampments in U.S. cities.
“If you want to protect camping, what that does is create a huge vacuum for some of these grifty, non-profits to step into, some of which are by people with good intentions, you can see it on the street of blue cities,” Jashinsky said. “People out in the cold trying to make sure they’re handing out blankets and the like … One of the homeless non-profits in DC was actually protesting to let the people stay on the streets in the freezing, freezing weather as that being the compassionate answer to the problem. That’s what happens when you protect the camping. You get into the problem of your compassion leading to the least compassionate solutions imaginable.”
Pratt announced his candidacy in January and criticized Democratic politicians in his state over their handling of the wildfires. The wildfires, which spread throughout January 2025, destroyed over 11,000 homes and killed at least 31 people.
Polls found that Bass held a lead in the mayoral race, with an FM3 Research poll from March, the most recent major poll, finding Bass leading Pratt 25% to 11%.
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