Establishment elites love using one move against outsiders and their LA street karens just tried hurling it at Spencer Pratt.
Pratt just made every one of them regret it on camera.
The only question is how many of them will vote in the June 2 Jungle Primary for Los Angeles Mayor’s Election that is only days away.
What Happened on Instagram Live
Pratt was walking the streets of LA in a suit and sunglasses, streaming live to his followers, when a heckler came at him with the line the establishment always reaches for.
"You literally have no experience!"
Pratt didn't flinch.
"What is Councilwoman Raman's experience – putting drug addicts next to kids in schools? Is that the experience?"
He kept walking. He stayed calm. He turned every follow-up jab into a version of the same question.
"These people are letting drug addicts be in front of kids and schools. I have the experience to stop that. So that's my experience."
The clip hit 828,000 views. Because he's right – and the people watching already know it.
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Raman's Record Is the Argument
This isn't campaign spin. Raman voted against amendments to LA Municipal Code Section 41.18 – the law requiring homeless encampments to stay at least 500 feet from schools and daycares.
She was one of only three city council members who voted against it.
At a 2024 Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association meeting, parents described open drug use, erratic behavior, and kids too scared to walk to school alone.
Raman's answer: "I don't think a kid's gonna be safer if they are 10 feet or 500 feet away from a school."
The room erupted. She put down the microphone.
Last week, protesters staged a fake encampment outside Raman's own Silver Lake home. She went on a podcast and complained the race was "going far beyond what I expected" and that she thought the campaign would be about "bike lanes and transportation."
Bike lanes and transportation.
Meanwhile parents across LA are walking their kids past open drug use every morning just to get them to school.
Three Points Behind With One Shot Left
June 2 is days away. No candidate wins outright unless they cross 50 percent – which nobody will. The top two finishers advance to a November runoff.
Right now, Pratt is at 22 percent in the UC Berkeley–LA Times poll. Karen Bass leads at 26 percent. Raman sits at 25 percent. All three within the margin of error.
Pratt is the only Republican in a technically nonpartisan race in a city that hasn't elected a Republican mayor in over three decades – and he's tied for second place.
He entered the race after the Pacific Palisades fire destroyed his home in early 2025. He's never held office. By every traditional measure he shouldn't be here.
Trump endorsed him. Jeanie Buss maxed out her donation. An NBA player bet $36,000 on him at long odds. These people aren't backing a joke – they're backing someone who is saying out loud what frustrated Angelenos have been screaming to empty rooms for years.
This Is Who Pratt Is Running Against
Raman is the chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee. Six years on the city council. More official homelessness experience than anyone in the race.
And LA's homeless drug addict crisis got worse every single year she held that gavel.
When Raman calls Pratt inexperienced, she's reminding every parent in Los Angeles exactly who she is.
Tuesday's Jungle Primary decides who gets to finish it in November. The voters showing up for Pratt on Tuesday aren't making a mistake. They're making a statement.
Sources:
- CNBC, "MTV star Spencer Pratt gaining in Los Angeles mayoral race against Karen Bass," May 28, 2026.
- Newsweek, "New LA Mayor Race Poll Shows Bass, Raman, Pratt Locked in Tight Contest," May 28, 2026.
- NY Post/California Post, "LA mayoral candidate's shocking take on homeless encampments near schools," March 26, 2026.
- CityWatch LA, "Nithya Is a (Big) Problem," May 26, 2026.
- RedState, "BOOED BY HER OWN VOTERS: Socialist Politician Says Drug Encampments Next to Schools 'Don't Matter,'" May 2026.
- Daily Caller, "Far-Left Candidate Thinks She Fooled Conservative Candidate," May 7, 2026.
- OutKick/Fox News, "NBA star places $36,000 bet on outsider LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt," May 2026.
