Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770

Jason Rantz

Jason Rantz

About: Jason Rantz is the host of The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red AM 770 in Seattle, where he tackles the Pacific Northwest’s biggest news and cultural issues with unapologetic, conservative commentary. As a prominent radio host, columnist, and frequent television guest, Rantz has earned a reputation as Seattle’s leading voice for common sense in a region too often dominated by progressive groupthink. He is also the author of an Amazon best-selling book, What’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left’s Tragic Destruction of Our Cities (Center Street Books).

Jason’s no-nonsense, witty, and biting approach to news analysis cuts through political spin and media bias. He is best known for his incisive takes on Seattle politics, crime, homelessness, public safety, education, and the consequences of radical policies affecting everyday families.

Rantz is a frequent Fox News voice, regularly appearing on national platforms like The Ingraham Angle, Fox & Friends, Fox News at Night, Evening Edit, and Varney and Co. His commentaries are featured in outlets including The Daily Wire, Newsweek, Daily Mail, Fox News, and National Review. His investigative reporting has been cited by both national and local news outlets.

With nearly 30 years in broadcast journalism, Rantz’s work has been recognized for spotlighting issues that matter to Washington state and beyond. He is passionate about defending free speech, individual liberty, and public accountability.

Expertise: Crime, policing, immigration, education, domestic politics, Israel, economy, homelessness, drugs, and cultural issues.

Education: B.A. in Politics, Occidental College (2004)

Achievements & Awards: The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington, first place: Excellence in Journalism (2011)

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Rantz: State releasing sex predators to unsecured housing by school bus stop

Washington DSHS tried to quietly release sexually violent predators into a residential neighborhood in Tenino.
4 years ago

Rantz: WA DOH censored critics of ‘transmasculine people with a cervix’ ad

Desperately craving inclusion, the DOH is using Washingtonians to earn social currency, hoping to add to the department's progressive bona fides.
4 years ago

Rantz: Sounders fans livid new sponsor won’t perform abortion, needless child gender surgery

A small but irascible group of Sounders FC fans are livid as the team's new sponsor doesn't provide abortion services.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle running out of dead body storage due to fentanyl ODs

The fentanyl overdose crisis in Seattle is so bad that the King County Medical Examiner is running low on storage for dead bodies.
4 years ago

Rantz: WA Democrats pretend vehicular pursuit ban isn’t connected to crime surge

Democratic Washington state Senator Manka Dhingra said she hasn't seen any data correlating crime to the vehicular pursuit ban.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Police Department walks back order to let DUI suspects flee in stolen cars

After a rash of incidents where DUI suspects bolted and considerable internal pressure, the SPD has overwritten the policy.
4 years ago

Rantz: Homeless stranger brutally attacked man in downtown Seattle, victim says

After being brutally attacked in downtown Seattle by a homeless man, Casey is the one who now needs to be cared for.
4 years ago

Rantz: Democrats put lawmaker who lied about military service on Veterans Committee

Clyde Shavers lied about his military service. Washington Democrats rewarded him with a seat on a veterans committee in the House.
4 years ago

Rantz: Brutal bat attack suspect could be released before trial

The homeless suspect in an unprovoked baseball bat attack that left an Amazon employee with a fractured skull still hasn't started his trial.
4 years ago

Rantz: Democrat Speaker pushes for harmful land acknowledgments at state house

Land acknowledgments are ways white progressives pander to Native Americans without improving their communities.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Public Schools damaged youth mental health, but blames social media

SPS argued social media platforms contribute to students' mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and cyberbullying.
4 years ago

Rantz: Councilmember storms out of meeting after realizing no one likes her

An Everett City Council meeting got uncomfortable after a councilmember learned in real time that no one likes her, prompting a walk-out.
4 years ago

Rantz: A ranking of the top 10 best movies of 2022

It was a somewhat odd year for movies in 2022, with huge surprises and equally huge letdowns. Here's Jason Rantz's 10 best of 2022.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle PD lost 153 police officers in 2022, over 500 since defunding

Officers have been leaving the department in record numbers since 2020, when the city council defunded the police by 18% (though it promised to cut 50%).
4 years ago

Rantz: Major credit union to close Seattle branches over crime

Seattle Credit Union customers learned just before the New Year that two branches will be closing due to the city's rampant crime.
4 years ago

Rantz: Taco Time went woke, dropped Mexi-Fries name after faux anger

Taco Time's iconic Mexi-Fries couldn't withstand Seattle's wokeness. The fast-food institution stealthily ditched the name recently.
4 years ago

Rantz: Gov. Inslee will use homelessness to push for income tax

He argues Washingtonians don't need it because our state economy is "the envy of the U.S." due to the "gangbuster industries doing very, very well.”
4 years ago

Rantz: WA Dems responsible as 41,330 cars stolen, now try to ban police traffic stops

The stolen cars are often used in smash-and-grab crimes as criminals take advantage of defunded, demoralized, and understaffed police departments.
4 years ago

Rantz: Investigation found no n-word slurs at football game, some media keep misleading

An independent investigation into allegations that the n-word was said at a football game in Stanwood suggests none of this happened.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle media restarts fearmongering over COVID, flu and fake ‘tridemic’

The media is still breathlessly reporting public health stories - like the 'tridemic' - to earn fear-clicks.
4 years ago

Rantz: Lonely Seattle men get vasectomies to support women after Roe v Wade

A Planned Parenthood Northwest rep told KING 5 that they've seen a 34% increase in men getting vasectomies since Roe was overturned.
4 years ago

Rantz: Beloved Seattle restaurant suffers 18th break-in by thieves the Democrats enable

It's the Seattle restaurant's 18th break-in since the pandemic's start and the introduction of light-on-crime laws and policies.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Fire hired ‘anti-male’ partisan to investigate gender discrimination

The Seattle Fire Department's new Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator has been involved in two lawsuits for allegations of gender bias.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Mayor’s top staffer slams judge for creating ‘fentanyl festival’

An influential member of Mayor Bruce Harrell's inner circle excoriated a judge for helping turn Seattle into a "fentanyl festival.”
4 years ago