Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign in Los Angeles has gone viral. In his ads and appearances, Pratt has used a very common sense approach to addressing the city’s problems and failed leadership.
Pratt is still so new on the scene that many people don’t know a lot about him. During a recent interview, he explained how he became a Republican.
Unsurprisingly, it had to do with gun rights and protecting himself and his family.
Townhall has details:
In an interview with CNN, Pratt explained that during the height of his time as a reality television star, when he was widely hated by the public, he received a significant number of death threats. Although he had hired personal security, he said they had also encouraged him to purchase a firearm for self-defense. According to Pratt, Republicans were the only political party that supported that right to self-defense, and for him, the issue was as simple as that.
“Why are you a Republican?” CNN’s Elex Michaelson asked.
“Well, you want to break some news here?” Pratt replied.
“Sure.”
“It’s in my, you know, I’ve told this before, and this is the only time I’ve ever said this, so this is breaking news. Everyone’s gonna freak out,” Pratt said. “When I was a hated reality star, I got so many death threats. I had so much security and police, and what did they tell me to do? Get a gun. This is real, I know people don’t like guns, but LA was dangerous if you’re hated. So I got a gun. My wife got a gun. And then we needed CCWs. The only people that supported a CCW was the Republican.”
“That was what I aligned with my safety, my personal safety, my family’s safety,” he said. “I know people don’t like guns, but when people are threatening your life and your own security is telling you you need to have home protection, trained to, it’s not like just, I went to the, you know, go through the proper steps. That was my, that’s it.”
Watch the video below:
WATCH: @spencerpratt explains why he became a Republican:
“When I was a hated reality star, I got so many death threats… The only people that supported a CCW was the Republican.” pic.twitter.com/PDakVj6ZJK
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) May 21, 2026
This makes perfect sense.
People on the left are always calling for more gun control but have no idea how difficult it already is to become a legal gun owner. Getting a license to carry is even more difficult. Pratt clearly understands this.
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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