The LA mayor stuff is the dumbest conspiracy theory I've ever heard & makes no sense. Dem establishment/Bass wanted Pratt, not Raman, to advance.
Bass crushes Pratt in a 1-on-1 by 18 pt, while Raman beat Bass by 4.
Pratt's the rarity in LA less popular than the unpopular Bass!
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a free Knicks watch party at Bryant Park.
This comes after watch parties outside of Madison Square Garden were canceled due to Trump's attendance.
Dear Ted,
I’m a Republican.
Los Angeles is roughly 50% Democratic and about 10% Republican. Any candidate who wants to lead this city must win support well beyond the Republican base.
Spencer Pratt didn’t lose because voters didn’t understand he was independent. He lost because he failed to persuade enough voters that he should be mayor.
Calling every election result you dislike “corruption” doesn’t make it so.
Sometimes the simpler explanation is the correct one: the candidate you supported wasn’t able to build a majority coalition in Los Angeles.
NEWS — Ken Paxton’s impeachment defense lawyer is endorsing Democrats James Talarico for Senate, @NOTUSreports scoops
Dan Cogdell, who represented Paxton in his 2023 impeachment trial and several personal cases, told NOTUS in a statement that Paxton “has lost sight of his core mission”
Cogdell is well-connected in Texas GOP politics, and has represented top state party officials. He donated $6,500 to Paxton’s campaign, contributing as recently as last year
But he’s been critical of Trump. A clip of him calling Trump the “greatest threat” to democracy was even turned into an NRSC attack ad last year. It’s been scrubbed from the web.
Talarico said in statement “if you voted for John Cornyn, you have a place in this campaign.”
More:
https://t.co/9AtzdRvg4N
Shocked that a Trump endorsed dude who loves crystals and Alex Jones and has a closing message of we should jail Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom didn’t resonate with LA liberals
Spencer Pratt finishing with a lower % of the vote than Trump got in 2024 is a very good reminder of the echo chamber that Twitter has created around this election
In fairness, Pratt did spend the final weekend in NYC for a Fox and Friends hit where he called for his opponents to be jailed and accused homeless people of raping dogs.
Brilliant closing strategy.