{"id":2603165,"date":"2026-05-15T13:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-bass-fires-back-at-spencer-pratts-violent-ai-campaign-ads\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:07:15","slug":"karen-bass-fires-back-at-spencer-pratts-violent-ai-campaign-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-bass-fires-back-at-spencer-pratts-violent-ai-campaign-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Bass fires back at Spencer Pratt&#8217;s &#8216;violent&#8217; AI campaign ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkaren-bass-fires-back-at-spencer-pratts-violent-ai-campaign-ads%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized mayoral challenger Spencer Pratt for campaign ads that she says are escalating toward violence. Bass was reacting to AI-generated videos used in Pratt\u2019s ads during a CNN interview, arguing that content like \u201ctomatoes\u201d resembling blood and other aggressive scenes crosses a line. She also said Pratt\u2019s messaging and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social-media persona-casting<\/a> himself as a \u201csuperhuman\u201d savior-feeds public frustration and could provoke unsafe behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Bass pointed to Pratt\u2019s growing online presence and his aggressive,trolling-style AI campaign materials,including parodies and promotional videos aimed at highlighting city problems like drugs and homelessness. She argued that the overall direction of Pratt\u2019s content is \u201cvery scary.\u201d Pratt is running against Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman in the June 2 primary election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\">Karen Bass<\/a> fired back at mayoral candidate and reality TV star <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4410991\/spencer-pratt-launches-bid-la-mayor-one-year-anniversary-palisades-fire\/\">Spencer Pratt<\/a> over campaign ads that she said are \u201dtaking on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/violence\/\">violent<\/a> trend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bass responded to attacks in Pratt\u2019s campaign ads made with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a> during a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\">CNN<\/a> interview with anchor Elex Michaelson on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4569122\/abigail-spanberger-concedes-defeat-redistricting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spanberger concedes defeat on redistricting and says 2026 elections will use old map<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4569130\/former-newsom-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-corruption-charges\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Former Newsom chief of staff pleads guilty on corruption charges<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4568877\/speancer-pratt-shows-off-karen-basura-park\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spencer Pratt shows off \u2018Karen Basura\u2019 fentanyl park<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely 150% fiction, but what\u2019s worrying me now is that his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a> is now taking on a violent turn,\u201d Bass said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>She argued that the AI videos showed violent scenes. In one video, Bass said \u201cthe throwing of the tomatoes, which look like blood,\u201d is violent.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LA is worth saving.  Vote Spencer Pratt. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9O8jvTz4I\">pic.twitter.com\/S9O8jvTz4I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Curran (@charliebcurran) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliebcurran\/status\/2053828567574991052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A crowd threw tomatoes at an AI version of Bass, where she\u2019s dressed to look like the Joker, and Pratt is Batman, protecting the city.<\/p>\n<p>Bass recognized that Pratt\u2019s name and support have grown exponentially; even singer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4568251\/katharine-mcphee-simply-best-better-karen-bass\/\">Katharine McPhee sang a rendition <\/a>of Tina Turner\u2019s \u201cThe Best\u201d to Pratt at a fundraising event, where the lyrics were, \u201cYou\u2019re simply the best, better than Karen Bass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Bass argued that Pratt\u2019s use of social media and\u00a0\u201ccasting himself as a Superman \u2026 plays into people\u2019s desperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOftentimes we look for someone superhuman to save us, but the reality is: It never happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bass said Pratt\u2019s videos encourage aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your messages are so hateful, or when you demonize people, then you do provoke people who are unstable, and you can jeopardize people\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorOfLA<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarenBassLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KarenBassLA<\/a> responds to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spencerpratt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@spencerpratt<\/a>&#8216;s debate performance &#038; ads for the first time on camera. <\/p>\n<p>She was &#8220;surprised he was civil&#8221; on the debate stage. Bass says she&#8217;s not a reality TV fan and &#8220;never heard of&#8221; Pratt before his run. <\/p>\n<p>She says the AI-generated ads\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FHtdY0PEoT\">pic.twitter.com\/FHtdY0PEoT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elex_Michaelson\/status\/2054593706095751417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pratt\u2019s AI ad campaigns included a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4560952\/spencer-pratt-summer-campaign-los-angeles-mayor\/\">\u201cpratt summer\u201d<\/a> video, using sarcasm to highlight problems in the city and showcasing young people at a festival with branding pulled from Charli XCX\u2019s viral <em>brat <\/em>album.<\/p>\n<p>In another AI video, he made a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4566367\/spencer-pratt-trolls-karen-bass-fake-attack-ad\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-uses-james-talaricos-words-against-him-with-ai-attack-ad\/\" title=\"Senate GOP uses James Talarico&#039;s words against him with AI attack ad\">fake attack ad<\/a><\/a> and trolled Bass. He has sharply criticized Bass\u2019s leadership of the city, pointing to persistent issues with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\">drugs<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\">homelessness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt took a video of a playground in Los Angeles on Wednesday, which he called a \u201ccartel-run drug house\u201d where <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\">fentanyl<\/a> addicts come to take drugs. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4568877\/spencer-pratt-shows-off-karen-basura-park\/\"><strong>SPENCER PRATT SHOWS OFF \u2018KAREN BASURA\u2019 FENTANYL PARK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019ve noticed that it\u2019s [Pratt\u2019s videos] taking on a violent trend, and that I find to be very scary,\u201d Bass said.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt is running against Bass and Nithya Raman, a city councilwoman, to be the next Los Angeles mayor. The primary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\">election<\/a> will be held on June 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Bass criticizes Spencer Pratt\u2019s AI ads as promoting violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2603166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bass3.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[79743,48133,78754,70393],"class_list":["post-2603165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ai-campaign-ads","tag-karen-bass","tag-political-attack-ads","tag-spencer-pratt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bass3.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603169,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603165\/revisions\/2603169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}