Unfortunately, We Have to Take Spencer Pratt Seriously as a Politician

When Spencer Pratt, formerly of the reality show “The Hills,” announced his bid for mayor of Los Angeles in January, I was not surprised. A celebrity with no political or traditional corporate experience wants to run the second-largest city in the United States?

We have a reality TV president. The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and his wife were on MTV’s “The Real World.” The couple just spent months filming a YouTube show with their family called “The Great American Road Trip,” ostensibly to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.

A former star of Bravo’s “Summer House,” a reality........

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