Karen Bass fires back at Spencer Pratt’s ‘violent’ AI campaign ads

Bass responded to attacks in Pratt’s campaign ads made with artificial intelligence during a CNN interview with anchor Elex Michaelson on Wednesday.

“It is absolutely 150% fiction, but what’s worrying me now is that his social media is now taking on a violent turn,” Bass said.

She argued that the AI videos showed violent scenes. In one video, Bass said “the throwing of the tomatoes, which look like blood,” is violent.  

A crowd threw tomatoes at an AI version of Bass, where she’s dressed to look like the Joker, and Pratt is Batman, protecting the city.

Bass recognized that Pratt’s name and support have grown exponentially; even singer Katharine McPhee sang a rendition of Tina Turner’s “The Best” to Pratt at a fundraising event, where the lyrics were, “You’re simply the best, better than Karen Bass.”

But Bass argued that Pratt’s use of social media and “casting himself as a Superman