The viral anti-Karen Bass video that lit up social media is now rolling through the streets of Downtown Los Angeles in what may be one of the boldest political stunts yet in the city’s increasingly chaotic mayoral race.
Two massive billboard trucks circled City Hall for hours Tuesday carrying the now-famous “Spencer, take out the trash” campaign message tied to Pratt and his rapidly growing online political movement.
The phrase plays off the Spanish word “basura,” meaning trash, while taking direct aim at Bass and her administration.
Supporters behind the campaign have used the slogan to frame City Hall as bloated, corrupt and failing on homelessness, crime and basic city services.
The trucks looped around government buildings and busy Downtown streets while displaying graphics tied to the viral campaign that has already spread nationwide across TikTok, Instagram and X.
The campaign’s videos have leaned heavily into aggressive internet-style political messaging, mixing AI-generated imagery, animation and rapid-fire attacks on City Hall leadership.
Several clips depict dystopian scenes of Los Angeles collapsing under homelessness, graffiti, trash and crime while portraying Pratt as an anti-establishment outsider promising to clean up the city.
The videos have racked up massive engagement online and helped transform Pratt from reality television celebrity into one of the most talked-about political figures in Los Angeles virtually overnight.
Pratt has increasingly centered his campaign around attacking what he calls the city’s “homeless industrial complex,” blasting officials over hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars spent on homelessness programs while encampments and public disorder remain widespread across Los Angeles.
Pratt told the Post on Tuesday the ads were not linked to his campaign.
