citywatchla.com: https://www.citywatchla.com/election-2024/32740-mayoral-mind-games-is-bass-attacking-pratt-or-is-the-opposite

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Source: GDELT news · original
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Because the reaction online is favoring Pratt, not hurting him…as in “this is a freakin’ attack ad or supportive for Pratt?” As in, “This attack ad could well elect Pratt” to quote one Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas.

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CityWatch LA - Mayoral Mind Games: Is Bass Attacking Pratt, Or Is The Opposite? HOME ADVERTISE CONTACT FEATURED WRITERS About CityWatch Search Donate Search Sidebar &times; Search Search Home Los Angeles Important Reads State Watch Eric Preven's Notebook Animal Watch Say What? Voices Gelfand's World World Watch LA Politics Guest Words Planning Watch LA PALM SPRINGS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD CLIMATE WELLNESS LA WATCHDOG 420 FILE LGBTQ PODCASTS PS AREA HOME ADVERTISE CONTACT FEATURED WRITERS About CityWatch Search Donate Our mission is to promote and facilitate civic engagement and neighborhood empowerment, and to hold area government and its politicians accountable. CityWatch Los Angeles Politics. Perspective. Participation. 18 Mon , May Home Los Angeles Important Reads State Watch Eric Preven's Notebook Animal Watch Say What? Voices Gelfand's World World Watch LA Politics Guest Words Planning Watch LA PALM SPRINGS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD CLIMATE WELLNESS LA WATCHDOG 420 FILE LGBTQ PODCASTS PS AREA Mayoral Mind Games: Is Bass Attacking Pratt, Or Is The Opposite? Details Ken Alpern May 18 2026 ELECTION 2026 Next Article The John McKinney Interview Emphasizes Law & Order in City Attorney Bid Typography Smaller Small Medium Big Bigger Default Helvetica Segoe Georgia Times Reading Mode Comments ALPERN AT LARGE - Wow—what a mind game, and what a soap opera, and what a head turner this mayoral race has become…fitting for Hollywood and Los Angeles—a pre-Olympic festivity, so to speak! A Bass attack ad purportedly against Pratt that decries his desire for more police officers instead of social workers, proclaiming the homeless need to get help or get out, and employee unons should have less power, is being questioned as what the ad’s goal truly is! Is it to attack Pratt, or to get Pratt to the runoff in November (because Mayor Bass would rather have a runoff against Pratt than Nithya Raman) so that it’s indirectly pushing against Raman? The ad is funded by “LA Unions Opposed to Spencer Pratt for Mayor 2026”, which is sponsored by the AFL-CIO, but who knows if the L.A. public sector unions are being sneaky, using dark money, or are just…plain…tone-deaf (and a bit clueless, to boot!). Because the reaction online is favoring Pratt, not hurting him…as in “this is a freakin’ attack ad or supportive for Pratt?” As in, “This attack ad could well elect Pratt” to quote one Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas. Simultaneously, and really making us all wonder WHAT is going on here, Pratt came up with a fake Bass attack ad against himself This fake attack ad proclaims that Angelenos WANT exercise by being chased by drug addicts (a mother jogging with her baby asks, “Does he [Pratt] me to get fat?”, and that a father and daughter become surrounded by flames and proclaim we should “stay the course with Karen Bass” with the father telling his daughter, “Smile, damn it!”. Joe Rogan, who’s uber-popular with young male (and a few female) voters proclaims he supports Pratt, and would v

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