Spencer Pratt says he's not concerned about potentially facing Karen Bass in November election

[0:01] And from what we understand, Susie, Spencer Pratt is... [0:03] Well, again, five months now to prove that to them. [0:07] It's not a pitch tonight. [0:09] These people just voted for Mayor Bass. [0:11] It's going to take a lot of work. [0:13] I'm going to have to show them that. [0:14] But I'm confident with five months in their own communities, with their community leaders, [0:20] it won't... [0:21] Again, Mayor Bass, this is the first time since 2005 an incumbent is going to a runoff. [0:26] This is not a candidate that I'm too concerned about. [0:30] Spencer, we've talked about the fact that you've had six months. [0:35] This trajectory of yours has been nothing short of meteoric. [0:39] Has the moment sunk in yet of where you are now? [0:42] You have now become a serious contender to lead the nation's second largest city. [0:49] You could be, Spencer Pratt, the next mayor of Los Angeles. [0:51] Are you ready for that? [0:53] I'm ready for whatever God puts in front of me. [0:55] And obviously, I was going to accept whatever God's plan was tonight. [0:58] I was going to be happy if I wasn't moving forward because I would have known God didn't want me to be the mayor. [1:05] But now I feel very confident that I am going to continue to work hard, learn everything I need to learn, [1:11] build my teams, show all the experience I'm going to surround myself with because that's a concern people have. [1:17] Oh, he has no experience. [1:18] I'm going to build that experience around. [1:20] And we have five months to put the best team the city could ever dream of around me. [1:25] And you talked about you have some of that team in place already. [1:28] I do have that team. [1:29] We'll see who's ready to come forward because retaliation is a real thing with Mayor Bass and people connected to the city. [1:37] So people that know my team are already very confident. [1:41] One at a time. [1:42] I'm in no rush, guys. [1:44] I know you waited a long time. [1:45] We waited a long time. [1:46] What's your message for your supporters? [1:47] All the people that came in your place tonight. [1:49] God bless all of them. [1:50] Thank you for everybody who, you know, fights for me in the comment sections, the DMs, [1:56] people all over the United States that used to live in L.A. [1:59] They had to leave here because it became not safe, too expensive, and just dangerous again. [2:05] So thank you to all over the country, people in other countries that support me. [2:10] Thank you to all my prayer warriors. [2:11] So many people pray for me. [2:13] They come up to me on the street. [2:14] They hold my hand. [2:15] They pray. [2:15] And, you know, so thank you to everybody's emotions and the hope people have put on me. [2:20] Again, I'm going to prove to everybody this is for real and I'm ready to run the city. [2:24] Are you going to debate Karen Bass again? [2:27] And what do you want to tell her if she sees this? [2:29] You know, I love debating her on NBC. [2:32] I look forward to a couple more on NBC and Fox. [2:35] We can do debates every Friday if she would like because it's actually became my most favorite thing to do. [2:40] So, yes, as many debates as Mayor Bass would like. [2:43] Who would you like to tell her now that it's on? [2:46] Oh, I mean, she knows it's on. [2:48] She's, I hope she's ready, you know, because I am, I literally could not be more excited. [2:54] This is a campaign that started because you lost your home in the Palisades firing because your parents lost their home in the Palisades. [2:59] But you have said it's evolved. [3:01] Now you're concerned with public safety and rebuilding. [3:04] Is that the platform that you're going to start with right now in these next five months? [3:08] Again, I got in this because as a citizen, I felt like my city failed, myself, my neighbors, my family. [3:18] And when I got on this mission now, I look around and the city's failing most of Los Angeles. [3:23] And now I'm in all these communities and I'm hearing everyone's issues and problems. [3:28] Excuse me, sir. [3:29] You know, yeah, thank you. [3:34] People are all across the city. [3:36] Make sure you get on the right side. [3:37] You're talking about homelessness. [3:39] You're talking about drugs. [3:40] You're talking about crime. [3:41] You're talking about the lack of police, fire department. [3:43] The list of failures across the city. [3:45] There's people that just want the potholes fixed. [3:48] Mayor Bass has allowed the city to be covered in potholes. [3:51] We don't have sidewalks. [3:52] We don't have lights. [3:53] So on the basic level, there's people that care about that. [3:56] Then there's the moms who want to be able to go to the parks and not see anybody shooting up fentanyl with their pants off. [4:02] I was in the Valley yesterday, a beautiful Persian restaurant, and the lovely owner said, [4:06] Spencer, they have naked drug addicts in front of the kids when they're trying to have food at the restaurant. [4:13] This is across the city. [4:14] And again, as mayor, I'm going to help these homeless people, these drug addicts. [4:19] Right now, this idea that it's just we need more beds, I agree. [4:23] We do need beds in treatment facilities, mandatory treatment. [4:27] That's not jail. [4:28] Criminals deserve to go to jail. [4:29] If you're abusing animals, you're going to jail. [4:32] If you are doing crimes, you go to jail. [4:35] But if you're just an addict addicted to super meth or fentanyl, [4:39] I'm going to get you the mandatory help that these moms come up to me and say, [4:42] my daughter is not homeless. [4:44] She has a family, but she needs to get off of meth. [4:47] Spencer, final words for everybody, for the voters of Los Angeles, [4:50] for those of you who have been the voice of the angry and the frustrated here in L.A., [4:55] we know you've got to go, but what's your final words? [4:57] I don't have to go. [4:57] Oh, okay. [4:58] You know, we're just closing in on you. [5:00] I almost think we just invite you guys all into the back of my facility. [5:04] Spencer, do you see an uphill battle in the next five months? [5:07] Absolutely not. [5:08] I think the next five months is I'm going to have time to build out this team [5:11] to show everybody the level of Democratic supporters that I have behind me, [5:17] the heavy hitters that are in this room, that are all behind me. [5:20] And I think this idea that I don't represent Democrats and Republicans and independents, [5:26] anyone that's just a Los Angeles citizen that wants basic quality of life, [5:29] I'll be able to show that in five months. [5:31] Right now, the media likes to say, oh, he's this. [5:33] I'm not that. [5:34] I'm an Angeleno who said enough is enough, and I had to step up. [5:38] I didn't know I'd be here tonight, but it's obviously God's plan, [5:41] and I'm going to go all the way, and I'm going to show everybody that I'm their mayor. [5:46] I'm not going to, you know, yes, sir. [5:47] What does this moment mean to you personally? [5:49] You know, you got into this on the year after the fires. [5:52] You lost your home. [5:53] You ran because of what you said you saw this negligence. [5:56] So what does this moment mean for you personally? [6:00] Sorry. [6:02] You know, I love L.A. [6:04] At the end of the day, what's been resonating, and it gets me so inspired, [6:08] is people just want the truth. [6:10] They don't want to get lied to. [6:11] They want to know somebody's heart, and all I do is to speak from the heart, [6:15] and I try to be as true to my authentic self and express how I feel about what I see [6:21] and what other people see, and I just believe there's a lot of Los Angeles [6:25] that is so excited to hear. [6:26] It's refreshing. [6:27] A non-politician. [6:28] I don't want to be a politician. [6:30] I wasn't ready. [6:32] You know, I didn't know I'd be the mayor, [6:33] but I know what people want now. [6:35] They want somebody to speak the truth for their communities and fight for them, [6:38] whether that's with the new governor, [6:41] whether that's with the two presidents I'm going to deal with, [6:43] whether that's with the city council. [6:45] They want a fighter that's going to step up the nose [6:48] when they feel like the city fails them or their elected leaders fail them, [6:52] and I'm ready to be that person for Los Angeles. [6:56] And you mentioned you have widespread support. [6:58] You've got, you believe, the Democratic machine, to quote you, already behind you. [7:02] Absolutely. [7:03] I love you. [7:05] Thank you so much. [7:07] I have a great night. [7:08] Thank you so much. [7:09] The communists already lost. [7:12] So, yeah, thank you. [7:16] My message to those people that didn't vote for me, [7:18] thank you for voting. [7:19] I'm excited that everyone voted today. [7:21] One thing I've learned is a lot of people don't vote. [7:24] My goal by November, whether it's you're voting for me or you're voting for Mayor Bass, [7:28] I'm going to get more people to vote. [7:30] We don't have a city that votes and cares enough about our city. [7:34] All right, we've been listening to Spencer Pratt, [7:37] who looks like he will take that second place spot in the runoff for the mayor's election. [7:42] It's still early in the evening, [7:43] but right now he has garnered enough to be in second place at this time. [7:48] Thank you.