{"id":2604998,"date":"2026-05-20T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wishes-spencer-pratt-well-in-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:38:56","slug":"trump-wishes-spencer-pratt-well-in-los-angeles-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wishes-spencer-pratt-well-in-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wishes Spencer Pratt &#8216;well&#8217; in Los Angeles mayoral race"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-wishes-spencer-pratt-well-in-los-angeles-mayoral-race%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=2604998&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>After defeating rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), President Donald Trump said he wants Spencer Pratt-running for Los Angeles mayor as an autonomous-to do well and suggested Pratt is a \u201cMAGA person,\u201d but he did not formally endorse him. Trump also raised election-integrity concerns, claiming California\u2019s mail and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 ... From ... in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">voting system<\/a> are \u201crigged\u201d and \u201cdishonest,\u201d arguing it makes races arduous to win. It sounds like you\u2019re describing two key parts of a report about President Trump\u2019s comments:<\/p>\n<p>1) **Spencer Pratt for Los Angeles mayor (as an independent):**  <\/p>\n<p>Trump said he wants **Spencer Pratt**-a public figure best known from *The Hills*-to run **as an independent**, and he characterized Pratt as a **\u201cMAGA person.\u201d** However, the report notes Trump **didn\u2019t formally endorse** him.<\/p>\n<p>2) **Election-integrity claims about California:**  <\/p>\n<p>Trump also repeated **election-integrity concerns**, claiming california\u2019s **mail and voting system is \u201crigged\u201d and \u201cdishonest.\u201d** His argument is that this alleged system makes elections **harder to win**.<\/p>\n<p>If you wont, I can:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; help you turn this into a tighter news summary,  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; extract the main claims\/implications, or  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; rewrite it in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >neutral \u201creporting\u201d tone versus<\/a> a more opinionated one.  <\/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>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574439\/trump-personally-donated-construction-white-house-ballroom\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, fresh off his unseating of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) Tuesday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-investigating-chaplain-who-said-transgender-people-unqualified-to-serve\/\" title=\"Army Investigating Chaplain Who Said Transgender People \u2018Unqualified To Serve\u2019\">voiced support<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4572848\/spencer-pratt-channels-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-latest-ad\/\">Spencer Pratt<\/a>\u2018s Los Angeles mayoral campaign but stopped short of endorsing the fellow reality television star.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt, a registered Republican who formerly starred on MTV\u2019s <em>The Hills<\/em>, is running as an independent in the race and has made the local and state government\u2019s failure to rebuild following the 2024 wildfires a core pillar of his platform. <\/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\/white-house\/4576255\/trump-win-california-if-jesus-christ-came-down-count-votes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he would have won California if \u2018we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576246\/watch-live-trump-commencement-speech-coast-guard-academy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers commencement speech to Coast Guard Academy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4575263\/lawfare-compensation-fund-threatens-to-reopen-jan-6-debate-for-republicans\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lawfare compensation fund threatens to reopen Jan. 6 debate for Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see him do well. He\u2019s a character. I don\u2019t know him. I assume he probably supports me,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574229\/trump-white-house-ballroom-shield-military-security-entirety\/\">Trump<\/a> said of Pratt during a brief tarmac gaggle with reporters on Wednesday. \u201cI heard he\u2019s a big MAGA person.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Still, the president did not endorse Pratt and voiced election integrity concerns about the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a rigged vote out there, that\u2019s the problem. The votes are rigged. You have a really rigged vote in California. You have all the mail-ballots, everything else,\u201d he stated. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to win because the elections are very dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574439\/trump-personally-donated-construction-white-house-ballroom\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS HE HAS PERSONALLY DONATED TO HELP CONSTRUCTION OF WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573583\/trump-says-wasnt-involved-creating-nearly-2-billion-fund-victims\/\">Trump<\/a> proceeded to claim that \u201cif we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California because I do great with Hispanics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a rigged system, one of the worst, if not the worst,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019ll give you a list, maybe I\u2019ll give you my list, but California\u2019s one of the most dishonest states.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump backs Spencer Pratt for L.A. mayor, but won\u2019t endorse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2604999,"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\/image-collage-r8cyg9dq1-1779289512181-e1779290596137.jpg?1779276205&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[36585,70393,3634],"class_list":["post-2604998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-los-angeles","tag-spencer-pratt","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-r8cyg9dq1-1779289512181-e1779290596137.jpg?1779276205&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604998","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605002,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604998\/revisions\/2605002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}