'God wants me to win': GOP mayoral candidate spews wild claim of divine intervention
Spencer Pratt took his LA mayoral campaign to Fox & Friends Thursday morning with five days until the June 2 primary — and invoked divine intervention on his path to City Hall.
"I have a feeling God wants me to just win with 51% on June 2, and it's over," the registered Republican and former The Hills star told hosts Ainsley Earhardt, Brian Kilmeade, and Lawrence Jones.
Pratt, 42, launched his longshot bid for LA mayor in January after losing his Pacific Palisades home in the devastating 2025 wildfires — and has since parlayed viral outrage into a surprisingly competitive campaign against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
On Thursday, he touted a fundraising haul of $2.72 million between April 19 and May 16 — dwarfing Bass's $283,000 and progressive challenger Nithya Raman's $400,000 in the same period. A recent LA Times poll showed Bass leading with 30%, Pratt at 22%, and Raman at 20%. NBC News
Pratt has positioned himself as a nonpartisan outsider — despite being a registered Republican who voted for Donald Trump in 2024. On Fox, he leaned into the contradiction. "I'm a registered Republican, but my supporters are all Democrats," he said, "because Los Angeles is all Democrats."
The campaign hasn't been without turbulence. Campaign finance filings show his operation has paid more than $60,000 to the executive director of America First California, a MAGA-linked think tank. His own sister, Stephanie Pratt, has urged Angelenos to vote against him, writing on X that "a vote for him is a vote for stupidity" and accusing him of simply trying to stay famous and sell his memoir.
Bass is said to prefer a runoff against Pratt in the city where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly four to one.
Pratt closed his Fox appearance with a direct appeal to voters, urging them not to wait until Election Day.
"We can always outvote cheating, period," he said.