Politico Frames California Election Results as 'Becerra and Bass Surge'

[pjcomix]

"Spencer Pratt surges to runoff in LA mayor’s race after angry voters send message to Karen Bass."

Does that sound like a reasonable headline description as to what happened on Tuesday in the mayoral election in Los Angeles? After all the incumbent mayor Bass was rejected (as of this writing) by almost two thirds of the voters. It is a headline that appeared on the 930 WFMD Radio website and is somewhat reflected in a bizarre way at Politico which somehow managed to give the election results a laughably different interpretation with "Becerra and Bass surge in California as anti-establishment fever breaks."

Yes, the Wednesday Politico spinmeister team of Liam Dillon, Alex Nieves, and Daniel Miller somehow groks that a nearly two-thirds vote against the incumbent translates into a "surge" for the establishment. In addition, contrary to Politico attempting to wishcast anti-dem establishment candidate Spencer Pratt away by portraying him as coming in third behind two diehard Democrats during the last week of May, he appears to be solidly in place for the November runoff election against Bass as of this writing (unless mysterious boxes appear loaded with Nithya Raman ballots).

Even more absurd is the portrayal of Xaviera Becerra as experiencing a "surge" since he came in second in the election for governor behind Steve Hilton who at this point leads Mr. Surge by three points. The strong antipathy of Politico towards Hilton is illustrated by the fact that in the entire article he is mentioned just once. Let the drums roll for the lone brief mention by Politico of the actual winner of the gubernatorial open primary: "Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host endorsed by President Donald Trump, was just ahead of Becerra early Wednesday morning."

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2026/06/03/politico-frames-california-election-results-becerra-and-bass-surge

[Cyber Liberty]

How long will it be until the count of ballots cast exceeds the number of registered voters?

[PeteS in CA]

Bass "surges"? She's going to be in a run-off. And Pratt will have 4 more months in which he can show LA denizens the awful state of Bass's LA.

Becerra came in second. If Steyer miraculously surges, Becerra is the one more likely to get booted from the November ballot, not Hilton.

[Cyber Liberty]

Bass "surges"? She's going to be in a run-off. And Pratt will have 4 more months in which he can show LA denizens the awful state of Bass's LA.

Becerra came in second. If Steyer miraculously surges, Becerra is the one more likely to get booted from the November ballot, not Hilton.

Raman Noodlehead is gaining on Pratt as more "votes" are miraculously being found in the slow-motion vote count.

[Fantom]

Meh.. the fascist leftist "vote" is a given. Stolen votes/elections in mexifirnia do not change ... until troops are deployed.. ALA' Sherman's March to the Sea.