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Spencer Pratt attacked for not living in a trailer because he’s exposing LA’s political elite for what they really are

On Wednesday, TMZ published a story that was meant to be the big gotcha of all gotchas.

They reported that Spencer Pratt, the insurgent candidate in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, does not currently live in the airstream trailer he showed off in a now viral ad that captured the public’s attention.

Instead, he’s resting his bones in the swanky Hotel Bel-Air.

“Spencer Pratt has gained traction in his campaign for LA Mayor by showing what he says Karen Bass did to his family — forcing them to live in a trailer after his home burned down,” read the TMZ tweet teasing the piece.

In the ad, Pratt stood in front of the large, pristine houses of incumbent Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman and then appeared in front of his digs: a trailer that sits on a Palisades dirt lot. It’s the dusty property where his home once stood before it was reduced to rubble in the 2025 fires.

“I live here. They let my home burn down,” he said. The contrast was incredibly effective.

After the story published, prominent figures on the left took to X, essentially calling him corrupt and dishonest.

But did........

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