Hello, everybody. It's Will here, and I'm coming at you with a bonus episode, an interview that I think will be of a particular interest to our listeners in the great city of Los Angeles.

Because joining me now, making her return appearance to the show is LA City Councilperson and mayoral candidate, Nithia Rahman.

Nithia, welcome back to the show.

Thank you so much for having me. Nithia, like, I know ballots are out in Los Angeles. I want to talk about the mayor's race. And just right now, as of now, it's sort of a three-person race between you, Karen Bass, the incumbent, and reality TV, right-wing personality, Spencer Pratt. So what is the state of the race and your

campaign as of right now? You know, I think this, yeah, we are the top, in every poll that's come out,

these are the top three candidates is, is me, Karen Bass, the incumbent, and Spencer Pratt.

National MAGA money is pouring in to support Spencer Pratt, who, you know,

is tapping into legitimate frustrations, but in ways that are really scary. And he isn't just,

I think, a MAGA politician. He's very, very extreme. He's appeared on Alex Jones's Info Wars multiple times. He doesn't

believe in the COVID vaccine. He is a, you know, he thinks 9-11 was an inside job. Like, he's,

you know, a right-wing extremist who is doing very well in the polls. And the Basque campaign is now actively boosting Pratt because she thinks

he'll be easier to beat in the general election. And it's a top two primary here. And, you know,

I'm the only person who is polling, who has a chance to get into the general election and who is

polling basically neck in

neck with Pratt right now.

Well, I guess it should, I mean, I suppose he's had some surprising success since entering

this race, but it shouldn't be all that surprising given like, you know, a right-wing TV

personality that people respond to given the failures of like an incumbent Democratic

administration that's very unpopular.

Because you talk about what is the message of your campaign and how are you positioning itself

to counter both Spencer Pratt, sort of, I don't know, exterminate the Brutes campaign and the

failure of an incumbent mayoralty in Karen Bass.

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