In Reply to: Dumbest election conspirarcy theory ever? posted by mh on June 09, 2026 at 11:12:30
for the precise reason that he had no chance of beating her. Interesting read on Slate. A snippet:
t has already started. Within minutes of outlets calling the race for Raman, Mayor Karen Bass had shifted her attacks from Pratt toward the councilwoman, who her supporters believe is disloyal for challenging her. You may have noticed which policy issue Bass mentioned first as she pivoted to the general: “Next, we’ll win in November! Because this is an election with a choice between whether we keep making change together or Nithya Raman who allows encampments near schools and fights against hiring more cops, yet is MIA on saving Hollywood jobs and fighting back when ICE invades LA,” Bass posted on Monday.This was not the outcome Bass wanted. In a slimy tactic that recalls the state’s 2024 race for a U.S. Senate seat, Bass tried to boost Pratt leading up to the primary with a purported “attack ad” that anyone paying attention could tell was designed to gin up turnout for Pratt by painting him as the mayor’s foil. Bass almost certainly wanted Pratt, not Raman, to advance, because a Pratt campaign would have been simpler for her on a variety of levels. Pratt is good at getting retweets, but Raman is good at getting votes in Los Angeles. She ousted an incumbent for her council seat in 2020 and won reelection despite a mountain of opposition spending and a redistricting push that centrist Democrats designed to separate her from her supporters.
Please forgive this exercise in premise-granting, but this is where the theorized plot against Pratt goes from incoherent to illogical. If the shadowy Democratic establishment forces in California were engaged in the kind of shit-for-brains rigging conspiracy that Donald Trump and the internet army behind him have alleged, they would have done a much better job than sticking Bass with the opponent she did not want. Pratt’s presence in the general election would have given Bass a walk to reelection. This vote-rigging cabal ain’t what it used to be.
Pratt and Trump are indeed, dumb.