Need a temp check on just how angry votes are right now? Look to California, where former reality show villain Spencer Pratt is actually within striking distance of winning a nomination for Mayor of Los Angeles. In his version of this very-online script, he’s the hero coming to save the day—literally, replete with a Batman-styled cape in one viral video and Luke Skywalker-caliber sword skills in another. In one of those only-in-politics moments, the MAGAverse is rallying behind Pratt, a 42-year-old registered Republican, in hopes he can be the next Mayor of the nation’s second-largest city, a kind of West Coast counterpoint to Zohran Mamdani in New York. Yet their cheering may instead help seal the re-election of the deeply unpopular incumbent, Karen Bass. Read more: time.com/article/2026/05/21/spencer-pratt-trump-los-angeles-mayor-endorsement Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► ti.me/subscribe-time Subscribe to TIME: ti.me/3E3UCqt Get the day’s top headli...