3 weeks ago
With little than 3 weeks earlier nan Los Angeles mayoral primary, candidates are taking successful immoderate late-in-the-game contributions.
Reality prima Spencer Pratt was feted earlier this week astatine nan location of David Foster and Katharine McPhee, pinch nan second singing a opus pinch words tied to nan existent campaign, per video posted by One America News Network’s Alicia Summers. (A chapeau extremity to Vanity Fair).
Following past week’s mayoral statement betwixt incumbent Karen Bass, Councilwoman Nithya Raman and Pratt, a caller canvass from Emerson College showed nan reality prima successful 2nd place, pinch 22% support, to Bass’ 30%. Raman drew 19%. The canvass is of 350 voters pinch a separator of correction of 5.2%.
Pratt has drawn extended media attraction since nan debate, peculiarly successful blimpish media. But he precocious drew a publication from Haim Saban, who has been a longtime Democratic fundraiser and philanthropist known for his patient support of Israel. Saban gave $1,800 and his wife, Cheryl, gave nan aforesaid amount, pinch contributions dated from past Friday. Other caller donors see Justine Bateman, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Brett Ratner and Lucian Grainge, nan CEO of Universal Music Group.
Pratt besides responded to disapproval that he doesn’t really unrecorded successful a trailer connected his Pacific Palisades property, astatine nan tract wherever his location was destroyed successful past year’s fires. In an question and reply pinch TMZ earlier connected Wednesday, Pratt was asked by Harvey Levin astir a run advertisement that “made it look that you were surviving successful that trailer. It was a precocious constituent of nan commercial. But you’re astatine nan Hotel Bel-Air.”
“That is wherever I will unrecorded until I person a caller house,” Pratt said. “The Airstream is simply a impermanent facility. A edifice is simply a impermanent facility. Where my kids are successful Santa Barbara correct now is simply a impermanent housing. This is wherever I live. This is wherever they burned my location down.”
He added, “I don’t unrecorded astatine nan Hotel Bel-Air. I don’t unrecorded successful nan Airstream. I don’t unrecorded successful Santa Barbara. I don’t person a house. They burned it down.”
He said that his information squad advised him not to enactment successful nan Airstream aft he received threats.
