Spencer Pratt Implies He Met Trump in the Oval Office After President Claimed Without Evidence That L.A. Mayoral Race Was Rigged
Spencer Pratt Implies He Met Trump in the Oval Office After President Claimed Without Evidence That L.A. Mayoral Race Was Rigged
Desiree AnelloWed, July 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC
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President Donald Trump and Spencer PrattCredit: Andrew Harnik/Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty -
Spencer Pratt shared a vague photo from the Oval Office suggesting he recently met with President Donald Trump
While it is unclear when or why the meeting took place, Pratt appeared to be joined by his son Ryker and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
After Pratt was ousted from the Los Angeles mayoral election last month, Trump baselessly claimed that California’s elections were being rigged by the Democratic Party
Spencer Pratt seemingly revealed that he recently met with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office, one month after he was ousted from the Los Angeles mayoral race.
On Tuesday, July 7, the reality television star turned political hopeful, 42, shared a photo without context of himself meeting with the president, 80, alongside three other people — including what seems to be his 3-year-old son Ryker and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Though it remains unclear when the photo was taken or what their meeting at the White House entailed, Pratt wrote alongside the photo, “I will never stop fighting for my community.”
PEOPLE reached out to the White House for more context on the meeting, but did not hear back by publication time.
Spencer Prat; Karen Bass; Nirthya RamanCredit: Roy Rochlin/Getty; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty; Vivien Killilea/Getty
Pratt, who rose to prominence in the early aughts as the antagonist of MTV’s The Hills, lost his long shot bid for Los Angeles mayor’s seat last month, placing third in the city’s primary after months of headline-grabbing interviews and campaigning.
The Los Angeles mayor is a nonpartisan position, meaning the June 2 primary was not separated by party and simply whittled the pool down to the top two candidates. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass was the first to secure a spot on the general election ballot, followed by Democratic City Councilwoman Nithya Raman. Pratt, a registered Republican, ultimately did not make the cut.
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Soon after Pratt began to slip as ballots were counted, Trump baselessly claimed that California’s elections were being rigged by the Democratic Party against Pratt and GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, a British political consultant and former Fox News host.
“So what’s happening in California? They’re rigging the election now,” Trump, 80, said in the Oval Office alongside several of his Cabinet secretaries on June 4. “Maybe we caught them and maybe they won’t be able to get away with it.”
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Though he offered no evidence to back up his claims, the president stated that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles was investigating the alleged “cheating.”
“The Dumocrats are at it again,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.”
“Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS,” he added.
Spencer Pratt at Lucky’s Montecito 25th AnniversaryCredit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty
In addition to there being no credible evidence to support allegations of widespread fraud, every prominent Democrat in the state, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, denied the claims. Newsom’s office also shared an explainer from CNN’s Elex Michaelson on why the process for counting votes is slower in California than in most states.
“There is a lot of misinformation floating around about California’s election — including from the President. This explainer is worth a watch,” the social media post read. “And yes, for the record: we wish the votes were counted faster, too.”
Even so, Trump claimed in another Truth Social post that there had been “BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California.”
“Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles,” he wrote. “Why the vote counting DELAY??? President DJT.”
Following the president’s social media rant, California Sen. Adam Schiff warned on X that Trump’s baseless insistence that the elections were rigged was a “blatant attempt to cast doubt in our election results and a phony pretext for Trump to act illegally in the midterms.”
“California has safe and secure elections. And it takes time for every vote to count,” he wrote. “It’s called democracy, Donald.”
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