Rantz: So, Ann Davison, she is actually a former Democrat who switched over to the Republican Party because she was sick of how her own party was treating her for being more of a moderate Democrat. Rantz: I like how you said “openly Republican.”īlair: It’s something you’ve got to hide, but she was elected. In Seattle, there is a Republican, an openly Republican member of the. And as a result, we’ve seen just the downward shift of both of these cities.īlair: Now, we’ve seen that in certain circumstances, it almost looks like the people in these cities are starting to get tired of this. You’ve got socialist council members who … we’re not saying they’re a socialist when they’re really Democrats, but they don’t want to admit, they’re openly socialists. We’ve seen a defunding of police to the point where it now doesn’t really matter what you set the budget for, you don’t have enough cops in Seattle or in Portland to properly police. Instead, we’re going to put them in restorative justice programs forever and ever and ever, no matter if they continue to commit the same crimes, if not worse. Well, that’s been happening in Seattle and Portland for a long time now.Īnd now we’re seeing the results of those policy shifts, policies that say we’re not actually going to punish criminals. When we talk about nationally, part of the movement of some on the left is to dismantle systems of oppression and rebuild in their own image. A lot of the problems are here because of the institutions that have been forever changed. Rantz: Well, I mean, it started decades ago. How did we get to this point? Where did we see this decline start? Now, you mentioned that Seattle and Portland and the Pacific Northwest in general, it’s beautiful areas, the mountains and the trees. There’s some hope, but we’ll see.īlair: Yeah. And unfortunately, things seem to be getting worse before they’re getting better. You’ve got graffiti all over the place, which just doesn’t feel good to live in that kind of area anymore. Not anymore, not with how bad it’s gotten. These are two areas-and the Pacific Northwest in general is known as being just beautiful. Rantz: Well, it looks like a hellscape at this point. Now, what does the city actually physically look like these days? For our listeners who maybe have never been to Seattle or Portland, what does it look like? You should actually go into downtown Portland, downtown Seattle, go into parts of Spokane, things are bad.īlair: Right, right. But beyond that, we kind of pretend that, “Oh no, it’s the Emerald City of Seattle. I’m on Fox talking about Pacific Northwest issues all the time. I would argue it doesn’t get enough of the negative press that it actually deserves, because if you want to enact some kind of change, you actually have to pay attention to the problem.Īnd it kind of feels like, especially in the Pacific Northwest, you’re not really getting honest coverage about what’s happening on the ground. I’m curious, is that deserved or is this just an optics problem? I wish we could talk about more positive things, but unfortunately, the West Coast has gotten a lot of negative press recently. Jason, welcome to the show.īlair: It is always a pleasure to have a fellow Pacific Northwesterner on the program. He is also a contributor to The Daily Signal. You can listen to the podcast below or read a lightly edited transcript:ĭoug Blair: My guest today is Jason Rantz, host of “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH in Seattle, Washington. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address is set for Tuesday night.Former President Donald Trump answers the question of whether he would have behaved similarly to Zelenskyy were he in charge of Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally requests European Union membership for Ukraine.You can read a write-up of that conversation here. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, about his concerns about Congress’ select committee on the Jan. Rantz joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share his experiences of living in Seattle. You’ve got graffiti all over the place, which just doesn’t feel good to live in that kind of area anymore.” The Pacific Northwest in general is known as being just beautiful. “It looks like a hellscape at this point,” Rantz says. Jason Rantz, a Seattle-area radio host, has seen firsthand the horrific impact the radical left has had on his city. What used to be a city known for its Space Needle and Nirvana has now become one of a series of case studies for the consequences of leftist rule over America’s cities. The streets of Seattle are filled with drug needles, homeless tents, and violent political agitators.
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