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: Seattle activist invites homeless to her home, immediately regrets it

Apparently, you're supposed to keep vulnerable people outside to suffer in the heat, rather than offering them access to electricity and clean water.
4 years ago

Rantz: Council demands credit for creating a gun program that already exists

Executive Dow Constantine won't need to spend much time on a study. You can already safely dispose of your gun with the King County Sheriff's Office.
4 years ago

Rantz: Tacoma News Tribune pretends men can get pregnant

In an embarrassing chapter for a newspaper that's struggling to stay afloat, the editors at the Tacoma News Tribune appear to think men can get pregnant.
4 years ago

Rantz: Here are useless, obvious tips to stay cool during Seattle’s summer heatwave

Never too ashamed to rewrite the same story for the 11th time, journalists happily repurpose old tips on how to stay cool.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle clinic demands high school educator commit to left-wing racial views

If applicants thought they'd simply educate high school students about pregnancy and sexual health, they found out quickly that they were mistaken.
4 years ago

Rantz: Foolish Seattle Council wants women seeking abortions to be a ‘protected class’

The Seattle City Council is ready to pretend women seeking abortions must be a protected class. This is foolish virtue signaling at its most transparent.
4 years ago

Rantz: Pro-choice AG Ferguson fired veteran and mom for making choice he doesn’t like

Her dreams were dashed when she says she was told she would be without a job after her maternity leave if she didn't get the COVID vaccine and booster.
4 years ago

Rantz: Ignore baseless conspiracy theories and vote early in Washington

You're ready to send a decisive message that it's time for Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman Kim Schrier to retire from politics.
4 years ago

Rantz: Historically illiterate KOMO-TV report uses anti-Semitic themes, language

Sinclair Broadcasting's KOMO-TV repeatedly broadcast anti-Semitic themes in a report on the president's trip to Saudi Arabia. It used copy that would make Hamas proud.
4 years ago

Rantz: Fentanyl isn’t the health crisis. Seattle’s Democrat policies are the problem

King County is ready to declare the fentanyl overdose crisis a public health emergency. But it's Democrat policies that are the problem.
4 years ago

Rantz: Mayor Harrell’s police staffing ‘plan’ is embarrassing, impossible, and not really a plan

Harrell's plan to bolster the Seattle Police Department by 500 officers by 2027 is embarrassing. It's not really even a plan and the numbers make no sense.
4 years ago

Rantz: Pramila Jayapal threat results in criminal justice response she tries to dismantle

Jayapal appears to be the victim of a frightening threat by a bigot. Progressives, including the congresswoman, should learn from this alleged crime.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Fire understaffed 69% of time, County Jail cuts bookings as COVID mandates ravage departments

Under then-Mayor Jenny Durkan and Executive Dow Constantine, city workers were forced into COVID vaccines. Mayor Bruce Harrell continued the policy.
4 years ago

Rantz: School district foundation signals it won’t allow white men to volunteer

A foundation meant to support students is signaling to volunteers that if they're white men, they probably shouldn't apply for its Board of Trustees.
4 years ago

Rantz: Amidst anti-church hate crimes, Democrat Senator celebrates pro-life vandalism

In a pre-produced Instagram video, Senator Randall giddily reports that a pro-life message was "decorated" by a pro-abortion extremist.
4 years ago

Rantz: Tyrannical Governor Jay Inslee posts embarrassing, sad art

It looks like a right-handed child used his left hand in an art project he wasn't interested in completing.
4 years ago

Rantz: School Board director to host 9-year-olds for classes on sexual pleasure, gender ID at sex shop

A controversial school board director is again raising eyebrows, this time for conducting a sex-education class for children as young as 9 years old at a sex shop.
4 years ago

Rantz: Two Seattle-area churches vandalized, one story keeps getting stranger

St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue wasn't the only church to be vandalized after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. St. Anthony Parish in Renton was also targeted.
4 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Public Schools budget focuses goals exclusively on black students, leaving others behind

SPS intentionally separates students by race, adopting "targeted universalism," which argues that if you treat everyone equally, it might deepen inequality.
4 years ago

Rantz: Democrat councilmember argues against school safety, mental health focus

In a pithy and poorly argued editorial in the Tacoma News Tribune, Hitchen rejects basic school safety measures -- many she's afforded as councilmember.
4 years ago

Rantz: Gov Inslee and WA Democrats aren’t pro-choice. They’re pro-abortion

Inslee and his colleagues are not pro-choice. They're actually pro-abortion. There's a big difference between the two.
4 years ago

Rantz: Violating policy, SeaTac Airport censored pro-life, conservative customers

The social media manager for SeaTac Airport censored pro-life, political messages it disagreed with by hiding them from its thread.
4 years ago

Rantz: Cops rip bigoted Seattle Pride leaders as they ban uniformed officers from LGBT march

Initially, Seattle Pride explained that "all city departments – including SPD – are able to participate as contingents in the parade" this year.
4 years ago

Rantz: City of Seattle isn’t answering police non-emergency line, doesn’t track missed calls

To help meet the demands of police abolitionists, the city of Seattle removed the police from handling emergency calls. The transition has been a disaster.
4 years ago