Netflix CEO Breaks With Hollywood to Endorse Rick Caruso for L.A. Mayor – Says Democrat “Machine” Is “Failing This City”

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has broken with fellow left-wing Hollywood elites to endorse Rick Caruso (D) for Los Angeles mayor, calling Karen Bass (D) the “wrong” choice for a city mired in problems.

In a recent online ad appearing in The Hollywood Reporter, Ted Sarandos penned a letter to his “Los Angeles friends” in which he declared his support for Rick Caruso, the real-estate billionaire and former Republican who has campaigned as a tough-on-crime candidate.

“The entire Machine of the Democratic Party has aligned for a candidate that is part of the very system that is failing this city,” he wrote. “They are wrong. I am choosing to ignore the endorsements of the club members for a club member and vote for better leadership. I encourage you to do the same.”

Sarandos cited several issues motivating his decision to back Caruso: rampant homelessness, skyrocketing crime, shrinking law enforcement, and city corruption. He also described Caruso as “the Democrat I’ve been waiting for, one with a plan and a track record of accomplishing impossible tasks in California and Los Angeles.”

“The city is at an inflection point. This election is the most important in memory,” Sarandos wrote.

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Sarandos’ endorsement represents a seismic shock in left-wing Hollywood, which has aligned almost unanimously behind far-left Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA). While Bass has won the endorsements of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, she is currently tied with Caruso in polls, suggesting a nail-biter finish on midterm Tuesday.

As Breitbart News reported, Caruso now leads Bass 39.8 percent to 36.8 percent, which is within the 4.9% margin of error in the poll conducted by J. Wallin Opinion Research.

Last year, Sarandos’ mother-in-law Jacqueline Avant — the wife of famed music executive Clarence Avant — was killed in a home invasion robbery in an exclusive Beverly Hills neighborhood.

Crime in Los Angeles has exploded in the past two years under Democrat leadership, especially George Soros-backed District Attorney George Gascón, who pledged to enact so-called criminal justice “reform,” which has included a refusal to prosecute a range of crimes such as trespassing, resisting arrest, drug possession, and making criminal threats.

As a result, homicides in the city of L.A. surged to their highest level in 15 years in 2021, the first year of Gascón’s tenure as county DA.

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