Spencer Pratt says he doesn’t care about national politics after Trump backed his bid for L.A. mayor

Former reality TV star and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt rebuffed a potential endorsement from President Donald Trump, telling NBC News on Thursday, “I don’t need anyone’s endorsement but mothers’.

Former reality TV star and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt rebuffed a potential endorsement from President Donald Trump, telling NBC News on Thursday, “I don’t need anyone’s endorsement but mothers’. That’s who’s getting me elected.”

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Pratt, who has focused his insurgent campaign against Mayor Karen Bass on calling for better wildfire management and combating homelessness, added that he’s chosen not to comment on Trump or national politics on principle throughout his campaign.

“My race is a local race. I don’t care what’s going on in the, in the national politics, in other states. I am running for a local position,” Pratt, 42, who gained political prominence last year by criticizing city and state leaders online after his house burned in the destructive Los Angeles wildfires, told “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas.