Donald Trump throws support behind ‘big MAGA person’ Spencer Pratt for LA mayor

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump’s campaign to flip liberal California on its head is ramping up as he has now thrown his support behind former reality TV star turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt.

The 42-year-old reality show alum, who shot to fame on MTV's ‘The Hills’ alongside his wife Heidi Montag, is battling incumbent Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman for the coveted top spot to lead Los Angeles.

Pratt recently made his debut in the political arena with an ambitious run for mayor of one of the nation's largest and most predominantly Democratic cities after losing his home in the devastating 2025 wildfire.

Donald Trump says Spencer Pratt is a ‘character’

The President was speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday, when he was questioned about Pratt's mayoral bid.

Trump has made clear that he'd received positive feedback about the candidate. “I’d like to see him do well; he’s a character,” he remarked. Trump asked someone off-camera whether they knew whether Pratt supported him, and they replied that they “think so.”

“I heard he does,” Trump continued, before adding, “I heard he’s a big MAGA person. He’s doing well." Trump then veered the conversation to ‘rigged’ ballots, questioning whether Pratt could win the election in California.

"I don't know if, you know, if you have a rigged vote out there. That's the problem. The votes are rigged. You have a really rigged vote in California. You have all the mail-in ballots, everything else.”

“Very hard to win because the elections are very dishonest. If we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California because I do great with Hispanics. But it's a rigged vote," he continued.

Spencer Pratt says he only needs support from ‘moms’

Spencer Pratt did not really embrace the support from President Donald Trump in a heavily Democratic city. "Everybody wants me to succeed because L.A. is the most important city in the country," he told TMZ.

He then went on to claim that "the only support I need is from moms that wanna feel safe in Los Angeles. I'm laser-focused on that."

Pratt has time and again rejected any political affiliation, previously claiming that “I represent all of Los Angeles. I do not represent a party. I don’t have a campaign manager. I don’t have campaign consultants. There’s no political party backing me.”

While Spencer Pratt still trails incumbent Karen Bass in most major polls, a recent Emerson College survey showed his support climbing sharply from 10 per cent in March to 22 per cent in May. Bass, meanwhile, led the poll with 30 per cent support.

The candidates are now heading into the June 2 primary, where a candidate can secure an outright victory by crossing the 50 per cent vote mark. If no one reaches that threshold, the top two contenders will face off in a November general election.