Trump throws political weight behind Spencer Pratt's insurgent run for L.A. mayor

President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in on the hotly-contested race for mayor of Los Angeles, saying he'd like to see former reality TV star-turned politician Spencer Pratt "do well." Trump made the remarks a day after a slew of candidates he endorsed won primary races around the country.

The president made his remarks on Wednesday morning as he was preparing to depart for New London, Connecticut, where he delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. A reporter asked Trump, "Spencer Pratt -- do you see yourself in him at all? A former reality TV star?"

"I'd like to see him do well. He's a character," Trump said. He added that he doesn't know Pratt personally, but has "heard he's a big MAGA person." Trump also expressed concerns about election integrity in California, suggesting that polling is showing Pratt is doing well, but irregularities at the ballot box could skew the mayoral results. "You have a really rigged vote in California. You have the mail-in ballots, everything else. Very hard to win because the elections are very dishonest."

The most recent polling on the race shows Pratt running in second place, less than double digits behind the leader, incumbent Karen Bass, and three points ahead of progressive Nithya Rahman. The primary is June 2.

Pratt's recent surge in the polls and on social media by, as Dave Rubin pointed out in a recent edition of his free newsletter, is a result of viral videos made by a supporter as well as Pratt's sensible agenda of bringing normalcy back to the city. “No more nakedness, no more drug use, no more robbing. No more dog abuse. We're going to warn everybody," Pratt declared in a recent interview, which Rubin said was a dramatic contrast with the incumbent, Karen Bass, who proved incompetent during last year's wildfires. 

Bass has also allowed the homelessness problem to worsen, and doesn't seem to be focused on basic problems faced by tax-paying citizens. During an interview last week, Bass said a top priority is providing meth addicts with free taxpayer-funded dentures, and deflected a question about why she hasn't done more to address rampant meth use in L.A.

Below, watch Trump's remarks on Pratt and California elections.