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 city training docs teach white people are racist ‘oppressors,’ Black people are victims

The City of Seattle invited non-white staff to explore their own internalized racism in a training session. White staffers got equally offensive training.
5 years ago

Rantz: Teacher investigated for ‘shaming’ unvaccinated kids on video, school tried to destroy evidence

A student recorded a Pierce County teacher bullying him and his classmates into getting the COVID vaccine. She blamed her unvaccinated students for "killing people" by being unvaccinated.
5 years ago

Rantz: Marysville School district and WA ACLU defend cop hatred in pulling down flag

The Marysville School District, with the help of the ACLU of Washington, lean into an absurd message to justify their anti-police move. 
5 years ago

Rantz: After huge outcry, CWU reverses course and grants COVID vaccine exemptions

It took complaints, a threat of lost revenue, and a media inquiry to get Central Washington University to reverse course on COVID vaccine exemptions.
5 years ago

Rantz: School segregated maskless kids into small portable without social distancing

Students at Enumclaw High School who refused to wear a mask were separated from classmates and put into a portable to wait for their parents.
5 years ago

Rantz: Democrat state senator breaks COVID mask mandate he forces on us

Democrat State Senator Marko Liias is the latest local Democrat lawmaker caught breaking the COVID mask mandate he imposes on you.
5 years ago

Rantz: School bans pro-police flag, but allows BLM and LGBT messages

Marysville Middle School forced a teacher to take down a pro-police flag from her classroom, yet allows Black Lives Matter messages to be displayed.
5 years ago

Rantz: Dow Constantine deletes photo as he went maskless at crowded event

King County Executive Dow Constantine doesn't practice what he preaches when it comes to COVID and masking.
5 years ago

Rantz: Students told to wear mask while chewing lunch, district cites nonexistent guidance

Tacoma's Geiger School demands students chew and swallow their lunch with their mask on. The district backed the policy on guidance that doesn't exist.
5 years ago

Rantz: District tells staff to defend critical race theory, but deny they teach it

Puyallup School District staff were given partisan talking points to deny that they teach Critical Race Theory and attack Republicans.
5 years ago

Rantz: Mask mandate ignored at Seahawks game, highlights progressive hypocrisy

Seahawks ignored the mask mandate at Lumen Field. But will there be any consequences or media fretting over the super spreader threat? Nope.
5 years ago

Rantz: All COVID vaccine religious accommodation requests rejected by Washington State Patrol

The Washington State Patrol has rejected every single religious accommodation request it has reviewed so far. But they say it's not a policy to reject them.
5 years ago

Rantz: Teacher tells students noose, college rejection, and war represent Republicans

A teacher in Lacey hosted an ideologically bigoted, overtly political display in her classroom. The school district says she's now being investigated.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle activist group makes radical, racist demands of candidates

King County Equity Now demands unhinged, discriminatory commitments from candidates in Seattle and King County.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle judge sets shockingly low bail on drive-by shooting of cop

King County District Judge pro tem David O set shockingly low bail for two suspects accused in a drive-by shooting against a Renton officer.
5 years ago

Rantz: High school cancels 9/11 tribute, says it could offend some students

Eastlake High School staff canceled a theme to honor 9/11 victims because some could be offended by wearing red, white, and blue.
5 years ago

Rantz: Unvaccinated parents barred from their kid’s schools as teachers push CRT

Thanks to Governor Jay Inslee's burdensome and authoritarian vaccine mandate, some parents are barred from their kid's school.
5 years ago

Rantz: High school’s COVID tracking ankle bracelets are back after pause

Eatonville High School reinstituted contact tracing after pausing the program due to privacy concerns. Jason Rantz feels the optics of this are a bad look.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Police could lose 200+ officers over vaccine mandate terminations

The Seattle Police Department lost roughly 300 officers since last year's push to defund. It may lose 200 more over Mayor Jenny Durkan's vaccine mandate.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Public Schools withheld COVID vaccine exemption forms in rigged process

Seattle Public Schools withheld the religious and medical exemption forms until after the first deadline to get the Moderna vaccine passed.
5 years ago

Rantz: All religious accommodations for Washington state troopers rejected, per Inslee

Some Washington State Patrol troopers were told that all religious accommodations will be rejected for public-facing employees.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle’s Polyclinic pushes woke ‘anti-racist’ propaganda on patients

The Seattle Polyclinic on Madison wants its patients to be woke, progressive, activist parents.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle training tells minority staff their internal racism pushes white supremacy

Some staffers with the City of Seattle are outraged and disgusted by racist training offered by the Office of Civil Rights.
5 years ago

Rantz: Progressive councilmember angry the woke mob he helped create finally came for him

Progressive King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove is being abandoned by the woke, progressive activists he empowered.
5 years ago