Reality star running for mayor vows to work with Trump and ICE if elected

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said that he’d work with the Trump administration as it carries out its immigration enforcement efforts.

Pratt’s vows to cooperate with the Trump administration, including ICE, comes as he openly criticized current Mayor Karen Bass for sowing greater chaos in the city by refusing to cooperate with federal officals.

“Karen Bass’s open defiance of federal law for political gain has created confusion, tension, and instability,” Pratt spoke before a crowd at a campaign kick-off party at West L.A.’s Don Antonio’s restaurant .

“When I am mayor, I will work directly with the federal government in a firm but humane way with a clear focus on public safety. Violent criminals will be removed from our streets and law-abiding, hard-working families will live without fear.”

In another video posted on TikTok, Pratt shared that he didn’t want ICE officials deployed to Los Angeles, but he said the tactic was necessary because local law enforcement officials have failed to enforce the laws.

“The way you keep ICE out of LA is by enforcing the law, not defying it,” Pratt said. “I look at what Mayor Lurie did in San Francisco. Clearly, no friend of the Trump administration, but he called the president and made a deal. He vowed to have SFPD (San Francisco Police Department) crack down on crime, and the president vowed to keep ICE out of the city.”

“And notice what you don’t see, no riots, no crazy videos of ICE agents having chaotic arrests,” Pratt continued.

Pratt observed that the only cities facing intense civil unrest and chaos amid Trump’s immigration crackdowns are cities whose leadership refuses to work with the administraiton.

“It’s not a Democrat Republican thing,” Pratt said on the video. “Memphis doesn’t have chaos. Liberal San Francisco doesn’t have chaos unlike LA, so what’s the common denominator? It’s activist mayors using their city, their residents, their businesses, as fodder for their political grandstanding, and people suffer as a result, by failing to enforce the law.”

Pratt, a former reality star, announced his mayoral campaign last month after becoming an outspoken critic of Mayor Bass’ handling of the Palisades fires, which destroyed his home.