Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sparked outrage after accusing Palisades Fire victim Spencer Pratt of “exploiting the grief” of wildfire victims in his campaign to unseat her.
Bass, who has been losing ground to Pratt in the lead-up to the mayoral election, made the extraordinary claim duringan interview with MeidasTouch.
“Well, honestly, before this, I had never heard of Spencer Pratt,” she said of the former reality TV star.
“But the thing I am concerned about is that I feel like he’s exploiting the grief of people in the Palisades. And I think that’s reprehensible. He is about his own celebrity.”
Critics immediately seized on the mayor’s comments, calling her out for attacking a wildfire victim.
“Exploiting grief? HE LOST EVERYTHING ALONG WITH FAMILY,” one commenter wrote on X.
“The fire burned 36,000 acres in Los Angeles County, destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 buildings, displaced tens of thousands of residents and claimed at least 10 lives. But she’s bent out of shape about Pratt drawing attention to it because they ran out of water,” another added.
“My whole f—ing neighborhood burned down. There was a fire hydrant across the street from our house. Exploit away, Spencer. This fool has no business in government,” a third said.
Even Trump administration official Richard Grenell chimed in.
“Career politician is offended that someone new is running. She’s incredibly condescending. She thinks she is owed reelection,” he wrote on X.
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