The Los Angeles political scene just delivered one of the funniest backfires in recent memory.

The city’s powerful union machine, the LA County Federation of Labor, tried to take down mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt with a new “attack ad.”

Instead, they created the best campaign commercial the man could have asked for.

Pratt, the former reality star turned serious reformer, has been gaining ground fast in a city that is sick of crime, filth, and dysfunction.

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His opponents, the hapless Democrat incumbent Karen Bass and far left city councilwoman Nithya Raman, can barely contain their panic.

Polls show voters craving real change after years of progressive failure, and Pratt’s message hits that nerve perfectly.

The “attack” video, rolled out Sunday, was supposed to be a hit piece.

It ended up being a glowing highlight reel of Pratt’s best ideas.

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The ad criticizes him for saying the homeless need to “get help or get out.”

It slams him for believing Los Angeles needs thousands more police officers instead of social workers.

Apparently, the union bigwigs have not noticed the exploding homeless encampments and violent crime waves that have residents begging for exactly what Pratt is proposing.

Here is where it gets truly hilarious.

The union’s ad ends by declaring “Los Angeles is on the right track.”

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You could hear the collective laughter echo across social media. Not even the most committed progressive believer thinks LA is headed in the right direction.

That one line alone exposed the Federation as totally divorced from the daily reality Angelenos face.

It is no wonder the ad was instantly ridiculed and shared by conservatives and frustrated moderates alike.

Viewers who watched it could hardly believe this was meant to hurt Pratt.

People across the city joked that his campaign should send the Federation a thank you card.

The whole thing was an unintentional endorsement of his platform.

Even more remarkable is that this absurd attack came from a group representing over 300 labor organizations and more than 800,000 members.

That is a lot of money and influence being wasted on a commercial that accidentally makes the conservative case for fixing Los Angeles.

But the modern Left cannot help itself.

To the union elite, anyone who talks about personal responsibility, law enforcement, or fiscal sanity is a threat who must be destroyed, even if most voters agree with them.

Pratt’s approach has always been practical.

After losing his own home in the Pacific Palisades fire last year, he has been vocal about bad city leadership and endless bureaucratic failure.

He does not talk like a career politician, which makes insiders nervous. Regular Angelenos see in him someone who has actually lived through the disasters the political class ignored.

That authenticity resonates with voters who are tired of finger pointing and excuses.

Ironically, the Federation’s own message handed him a new slogan. “Get help or get out” might as well be the mantra for a city that cannot afford to keep funding chaos.

And “more police, not more social workers” could be the rallying cry of residents who just want safe streets again.

When even your opponents repeat your message across every television station, you are doing something right.

The leftist meltdown over Pratt’s popularity shows just how frightened they are. After the NBC4 debate, nearly 90 percent of viewers said Pratt beat Bass and Raman.

That kind of result rattles the establishment.

The latest UCLA Luskin poll shows Bass still leading but with nearly 40 percent of voters undecided. That leaves plenty of room for Pratt to surge.

Even if Los Angeles is still a one party state dominated by union cash and progressive insiders, these kinds of moments can move the needle.

People are not blind.

They see the city decaying even as Democrats insist everything is fine.

When the Federation claims LA is “on the right track,” it sounds like parody.

Voters are finally starting to laugh at the spin instead of swallowing it.

In a normal political landscape, a wealthy Hollywood personality talking tough on crime would be brushed off. But these are not normal times.

The establishment’s panic reveals just how much ordinary people crave a change from the endless mismanagement.

If the Left continues doing Pratt’s public relations work for him, he could move from underdog to contender.

In the end, the best thing the Federation did for Spencer Pratt was remind everyone what matters.

People want safety. They want jobs, accountability, and leadership that does not bow to activist mobs.

The unions thought they were destroying him, but they only did what the Left always does in California, they broadcast exactly why voters are ready to turn the page.

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