A showdown between Republican Spencer Pratt and his two Democratic rivals in the Los Angeles mayoral race had more than a few mic-drop moments, but one that attracted particular attention came when the GOP candidate took on the city’s devastating drug problem. Pratt, a former reality television star whose home burned down in the Palisades fire, used the lax drug policies of both incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman against them. Here’s what Fox News reported: “First off, Inside Safe, I like to say Inside Safe makes all of us outside, unsafe,” Pratt said near the midpoint of the debate. Inside Safe is a municipal program spearheaded by Bass intended to take people out of homeless encampments and bring them into temporary or permanent indoor housing. A city report found that it spent $300 million on the project, which assisted roughly 6,000 people, 40% of whom have since ended up back on the streets. “The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super meth,” Pratt continued. “They are on fentanyl. The DEA statistic says 93% of this is a drug addiction problem. I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with [Raman] and we can find some of these people she’s going to offer treatment for. She’s going to get stabbed in the neck.” The viral moment attracted significant discussion on social media: That’s really what it’s like to live in Los Angeles. I live here.. it used to not be like this. Spencer Pratt won the debate hands-down.. the other two are frightening to live under. They’re dangerous.. SAVE HOLLYWOOD pic.twitter.com/7FTstyXriU — surfer girl (@palisurfgirl) May 7, 2026 #new Spencer Pratt Pummels Nithya Raman & Karen Bass for wasting $400 million on homeless failure, dares Ramon to try and give beds to the homeless "She'd get stabbed in the neck" Pratt who is surging in the polls in the race for Mayor of Los Angeles, dared City Councilmember… pic.twitter.com/Cbq24871AX — Christina Aguayo (@ChristinaNewstv) May 8, 2026 Here’s the full text from the post above: Spencer Pratt Pummels Nithya Raman & Karen Bass for wasting $400 million on homeless failure, dares Ramon to try and give beds to the homeless “She’d get stabbed in the neck” Pratt who is surging in the polls in the race for Mayor of Los Angeles, dared City Councilmember Raman to personally go below the Harbor Freeway with him the next day to offer beds and treatment to the homeless, warning she’d get k*lled because these people don’t want beds, they want fentanyl or super meth. In the Debate Pratt put both Raman and Bass on blast, “Treatment first, I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with her and we can find some of these people she’s going to offer treatment for. She’s gonna get stabbed in the neck. These people do not want a bed, they want fentanyl or super meth.” “These ideas cost us over 400 million dollars to house 3,000 people? For 400 million this absolute failure for both of them, they’re a team.” Fast Facts: