{"id":656013,"date":"2026-05-21T07:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/656013\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:33:08","slug":"spencer-pratt-reveals-real-reason-he-joined-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/656013\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt reveals real reason he joined Republican party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles mayoral candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/20\/us-news\/spencer-pratt-trades-the-debate-stage-for-bbq-in-south-la\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealing the moment he decided to register as a Republican<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>During a Thursday night interview with CNN\u2019s Elex Michaelson, Pratt teased his response by asking, \u201cyou want to break some news here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former reality star said years of backlash during his TV fame led to serious concerns about protecting himself and his family.<\/p>\n<p> CNN<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a hated reality star, I got so many death threats,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cI had so much security and police, and what did they tell me to do? Get a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt argued LA is \u201cdangerous if you\u2019re hated,\u201d adding that both he and his wife eventually purchased firearms.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The mayoral hopeful said the couple later sought <a href=\"https:\/\/lasd.org\/ccw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CCWs<\/a>, permits to carry concealed weapons, and claimed Republican support for concealed carry rights influenced his political alignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only people that supported a CCW was a Republican,\u201d Pratt said.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt is registered as a Republican but running for Los Angeles mayor as an independent.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt has a conversation with Elex Michaelson. CNN<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that he followed legal procedures and completed firearms training before obtaining his permit.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with Michaelson, Pratt also compared himself to Barack Obama when asked which modern politician he aligns most with.<\/p>\n<p>Former US President Barack Obama\u00a0 AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Michaelson also interviewed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who\u00a0shrugged off questions about her pledge to end street homelessness in the city, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/20\/us-news\/la-mayor-karen-bass-offers-weaselly-excuse-when-pressed-on-pledge-to-end-homelessness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blaming \u201cbureaucratic barriers\u201d for her failure<\/a> to follow through on promises she made when first elected.<\/p>\n<p>Michaelson is expected to interview <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/14\/us-news\/nithya-raman-blasts-karen-bass-for-alleged-secret-deals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles mayoral candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is revealing the moment he decided to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2356,88,231468,10580,3031,5871,190894,194],"class_list":["post-656013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-california","tag-entertainment","tag-gun-safety","tag-karen-bass","tag-los-angeles","tag-metro","tag-spencer-pratt","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}