Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real

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Spencer Pratt, once the villain of the 2000s MTV reality showThe Hills and now an insurgent candidate in this year’s Los Angeles mayoral race, had a breakthrough moment in his first debate performance last Wednesday.

Turning to his signature issue of public safety, Pratt berated his opponents—Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman—for not doing enough about unhoused people dealing with drug addiction.

“The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super meth,” Pratt said, criticizing Raman’s plan to expand addiction treatment. “I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with her, and we can find some of the people she’s gonna offer treatment for. She’s gonna get stabbed in the neck. These people do not want a bed. They want fentanyl or super meth.”

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