LOS ANGELES — Nearly a week after polls closed, Los Angeles still has no idea who will face off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in a November runoff. That has led to loud accusations that the fix is in — and the victim this time is reality TV star and upstart candidate Spencer Pratt. Claims, […]
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There's a reason it's Jenny from the block, not Jenny fresh off the boat. Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was hopping mad when pop singer and actress Jennifer Lopez dared to define what makes a New Yorker.'Everybody wants to claim our city.'"Everybody wants to claim our city, but you have to be born in New York. You have to be born in one of the five boroughs to be a New Yorker," Lopez said.Purity testLopez's offhand comments, which she made while appearing on "SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma," prompted the Democrat former mayor, who led the city from 2014 to 2021, to call Lopez's definition "absolutely outrageous." "There is no purity test," de Blasio claimed — asserting that New York is the "ultimate city of immigrants."The 65-year-old continued his vehement defense of immigration by telling the New York Times the city's culture is actually the inverse of what Lopez was suggesting."In fact, it's been the opposite. We've said, 'Come here and become one of us.'"RELATED: Diddy's Big Circus New York state of mindDe Blasio attempted to explain that his self-identification as a New Yorker comes from "how long I've lived here and because I raised my family here," not the fact that he was born in Manhattan in 1961."This place gave me everything in life," the former mayor went on. "Your definition of home is the place that means the most to you. New York City has been my whole world."It's a definition that Lopez would no doubt reject. In her appearance, she stressed that even if a person had lived in NYC for 50 years, he still wasn't cut from the same cloth as those who were born there."I have to say, no, you live in New York. You take on characteristics of New Yorkers. ... When you're born in New York is when you're really a New Yorker."RELATED: Superstar singer debuts trans kid at high school graduation Raymond Hall/GC Images Emotional rescueLopez finished the short interview by advocating for schools to teach "self love" from elementary school through college, saying that if students couldn't pass tests based on being a good person, they shouldn't be allowed in society."Because they teach us things intellectually, but an intellectual motherf**ker with no emotional intelligence is dangerous! It's a dangerous person. Okay?" she remarked.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman overtook reality TV star Spencer Pratt on Sunday evening for second place in the city’s open primary mayoral race, catapulting her to a position to face incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November runoff. But in an election that has received so much media attention, not much buzz has been […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Monday that the California mayoral race result “stinks to high heaven” as the state’s vote-counting process drags on nearly a week after the primary. President Donald Trump had previously said on social media that the race is “rigged” and called California a “3rd World Nation.” Nearly a week […]
Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt remains optimistic about his chances in the Los Angeles mayoral race despite losing his 40,000-vote lead and second-place position to far-left L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman.Critics of California’s delayed vote-counting are raising concerns that the primary election may have been stolen from Pratt, as the process has already dragged on for nearly a week.'Raman has conveniently received a WILDLY disproportionate amount of "late mail-in ballots" compared to both Bass and Pratt.'Pratt’s nearly 10-point advantage over Raman on Election Day slowly shrank in the days following, with Raman eventually taking the lead. As of Monday, Raman is up 3,000 votes, according to the Associated Press.“Folks, we’re dealing with a fraction of a percentage point difference, there’s still hundreds of thousands of votes outstanding, and LA officials have given us the next 3 weeks to count! Let’s git-r-dun!” Pratt wrote in a post on social media on Monday.President Donald Trump chimed in on the latest ballot results, calling it “not possible” for Pratt to have lost to Raman “after the big lead he had.”“3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections!” Trump wrote. “Won’t have results for, possibly, TWO WEEKS, according to officials.”RELATED: Spencer Pratt’s 40,000-vote lead vanishes in Los Angeles mayor race as California continues counting ballots Nithya Raman. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesPolitical commentator Benny Johnson stated that the recent ballot drops heavily favoring Raman were “statistically impossible.”Conservative activist Robby Starbuck noted that Raman, a third-place candidate, “suddenly” began winning “1st in every new ballot drop.” He shared a graph showing incumbent Karen Bass gaining roughly the same percentage of votes with each new ballot drop while Raman surged. Journalist Nick Sortor declared the election “absolutely RIGGED” and called for authorities to open an investigation.“Raman has conveniently received a WILDLY disproportionate amount of ‘late mail-in ballots’ compared to both Bass and Pratt,” Sortor wrote.RELATED: ‘BIG cheating’: Trump drops bombshell on California for vote-counting delays Spencer Pratt. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesTrump announced last week that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles was investigating California’s vote-counting delay. On Sunday, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli stated that California allows residents to register to vote using gym membership cards, employee ID cards, credit and debit cards, insurance cards, and prescription drug labels.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump doesn’t believe that Spencer Pratt really lost the Los Angeles mayoral primary. “Not possible for Spencer Pratt to have lost the L.A. runoffs after the big lead he had,” Trump said on Monday afternoon. “3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections! Now they’ll be working on great guy Steve Hilton. Won’t have ...