Los Angeles GOP mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt talked about taxes, crime, and safety in an interview Thursday on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, saying he sticks to “local, common-sense issues.”“I only got into the race because nobody else was going to run,” Pratt said.Pratt is running against two Democrats, current city Mayor Karen Bass and city council member Nithya Raman, to become the next Los Angeles mayor.
“[Bass] was just going to get four more years, so I had to step up,” Pratt said.
Pratt has called out Bass over her handling of drug addiction and homelessness in the city.
Pratt posted a video on Instagram on May 13, calling out what he named “Karen Basura’s park.” The word “Basura,” a derogatory nickname Pratt uses for Bass, means trash in Spanish.
The video showed a playground littered with trash, where Pratt claimed drug addicts came, and what looked to be a nearby homeless encampment.
