Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt — yes, that Spencer Pratt — sat down with CNN's Elex Michaelson this week and explained exactly why he became a Republican. Spoiler alert: it involves death threats, the Second Amendment, and the left's stunning inability to practice the tolerance they preach.

Another Hollywood refugee crosses the aisle, and the reason is always the same — the "compassionate" side tried to kill him.

When Michaelson asked the obvious question — "Why are you a Republican?" — Pratt didn't give some polished campaign answer. He got real. "When I was a hated reality star, I got so many death threats," Pratt said. That's a heck of a way to start your political origin story.

So what did Pratt do when his life was being threatened? He looked into protecting himself and his family. And guess which party had his back? "The only people that supported a CCW was the Republican," Pratt explained. The Democrats — the party that supposedly cares about people — couldn't be bothered to support his right to not get murdered.

"That was what I aligned with my safety, my personal safety, my family's safety," Pratt told Michaelson. Not ideology. Not tax policy. Not some grand political awakening over cocktails in Malibu. The man just wanted to stay alive, and only one party said "here's how."

This is the part the left will never understand. They keep losing people not because conservative arguments are so dazzling, but because progressive behavior is so repulsive. You send a guy death threats, then tell him he can't have a gun to protect himself, and you're shocked when he switches teams? Really?

The Gateway Pundit covered the interview as Pratt's LA mayoral campaign heats up, and it's exactly the kind of story that drives the cultural gatekeepers insane. A reality TV star — from the belly of the Hollywood beast — running for mayor of Los Angeles as a Republican. On a platform of common sense solutions, no less.

Los Angeles is a city that can't keep its streets clean, can't stop its homeless population from exploding, and can't figure out why people keep leaving. But sure, the real problem is the guy from "The Hills" who wants a concealed carry permit.

Here's the pattern, and it's beautiful in its simplicity. The left creates the conditions that radicalize people against the left. They threaten, they bully, they strip away your ability to defend yourself, and then they act bewildered when you walk out the door. Pratt didn't leave because he read Edmund Burke. He left because Democrats made it clear they'd rather he die than own a firearm.

Welcome to the party, Spencer. Grab a lawn chair. We've been saving you a seat.