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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pratt: LAFD whistleblowers say firefighters were told to abandon smoldering Lachman fire
“All the LAFD whistleblowers were coming to me. Telling me that they were told to leave the smoldering Lachman fire on January first.”
Assertion Contradicted
Pratt: LADWP drained Palisades Reservoir in June 2024
“Janice Quinonez, the LADW, Drain that reservoir in June of twenty-twenty-four.”
Assertion Contradicted
Pratt: LA City never requested fixed-wing air support during wildfire
“So L.A. City never even called in fixed air wing support to drop water.”
Assertion Contradicted
Pratt: 90% of unhoused people in Los Angeles are drug addicts
“90% of these people are drug addicts.”
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: LA gave Weingart $28M+ for $11M property
“So the building goes on the market for eleven million dollars. Six days later, the city with our tax money gives Weingart 29,000,028 million dollars to buy this same building that was eleven million dollars.”
Assertion Partly supported
Spencer Pratt states Mayor Karen Bass visited Cuba 20 times
“She, she's a Venser Ramos brigade member. She spent 20 times going to Cuba.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Pratt predicts he will win LA mayoral election on June 2 with 51% vote
“I keep telling people I'm gonna win on June second with 51% of the vote.”
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: LADWP CEO Janisse Quiñones was paid $750,000 annually
“Janice Quinonez, who is the CEO of LADWP, who drained two reservoirs leading into a known year of the driest fire weather season, took out the water with no plan, no backups, no tankers. She was getting paid 750,000 dollars a year, plus her benefits.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pratt predicts Bel Air and Hollywood Hills will burn in future wildfires
“Bel Air is going to burn. Mandeville Canyon, Sunland, Tujunga, Hollywood Hills. All these are going to burn. It's guaranteed.”
Opinion
Spencer Pratt calls Los Angeles politicians pathological liars
“What people don't realize is they're pathological liars.”
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: Seven unhoused people die on Los Angeles streets every day
“They let seven people die in the street every day with our billions of tax dollars.”
Assertion Supported
Pratt: California Homekey denies funding to drug-free housing
“And then in the state of California, this is the craziest part, with the home key rules, the state won't give the city a lot of the money if you require the people to be off of drugs.”
Disclosure
Pratt: Will audit every LA non-profit in first week as mayor
“First week in office, you bring all of them in. We audit every NGO, every document that hasn't been shredded.”
Disclosure
Anonymous billionaire pledged $500M to revitalize LA if Pratt wins
“I met with a billionaire Anonymous billionaire that agreed to be the fun czar. He said, my family gave three hundred million dollars to New York for a project. We'll give you five hundred million dollars to bring fun back to Los Angeles.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pratt: LA housing permit process took developer 2.5 years despite reforms
“I met with this affordable housing developer, Carlos, on Monday. He said when Mayor Bass announced her initiative, she was going to rush it six months. He's at two and a half years in the permit process.”
Disclosure
Spencer Pratt pledges as LA mayor to prevent DSA members from re-election
“And then as mayor, I have to fight all these DSA city council members, make sure they're never reelected. So not only do I have to do all that, but I gotta fight to make sure that in my next four years, there's never a DSA fake Democrat.”
Disclosure
Pratt: Farmers Insurance dropped coverage after eight years of premium payments
“We're, we were stuck with California Fair Plan because we were dropped by farmers after paying for eight years, and we have no money to rebuild”
Assertion Partly supported
Spencer Pratt claims Mayor Karen Bass polling at lowest incumbent level ever
“She's the lowest In the history of the polls of an incumbent. So she has 20%.”
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: 15% of LA budget goes to Metro while only 5% use it
“I think 15% of the budget goes to the metro with five percent people use it.”
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: Los Angeles city permitting offices are empty due to remote work
“Nobody's even in these offices. You have to set an appointment. You can't just go into these places. They all work remote”
Assertion Supported
Spencer Pratt is suing Los Angeles, California, and LADWP
“And so I called my lawyer who's representing me in the case against the city and the state and LA DWP, one of the most famous lawyers in the world.”
Assertion Contradicted
Pratt: 60% of LAFD firefighters fly in from outside California
“60% of these guys fly in”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Spencer Pratt claims there are currently no construction cranes in Los Angeles
“There's no cranes. I can't even see a crane.”