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: Meet the Resistance. They’ll be fired for rejecting the COVID vaccine mandate

A growing number of Washingtonians say they are willing to be fired over Governor Jay Inslee's COVID vaccine mandate. Here are their stories.
5 years ago

Rantz: Homeless encampment near Seattle school to stay, district says sex offenders lived there

The dangerous homeless encampment at Seattle's Broadview-Thomson K-8 will not be cleared as promised. It's actually gotten larger.
5 years ago

Rantz: Vaccine mandates for you, needles for addicts as fatal Seattle ODs outpace COVID deaths

More people in Seattle and King County are dying from drug overdoses each week than from COVID. Why are we treating both public health issues differently?
5 years ago

Rantz: Email shows COVID religion exemption intentionally written to disqualify staff

Gov. Jay Inslee's office drafted an exemption form to disqualify as many religious staff as possible from avoiding his COVID vaccine mandate.
5 years ago

Rantz: Eatonville High School uses ankle monitors on student athletes to track COVID outbreaks

Eatonville High School is using taxpayer-funded ankle monitors to track the proximity of student athletes during the COVID pandemic.
5 years ago

Rantz: WA department forces anti-white training and resources on staff; asked to attest their biases

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is forcing racist, anti-white "diversity" training on its staff. It's worse than you may think.
5 years ago

Rantz: Middle school teacher says we’re ‘lucky’ if unvaccinated die, HR investigates

Evergreen Public Schools is investigating a middle school teacher who said we'd be "lucky" if the unvaccinated were denied health care and died.
5 years ago

Rantz: Gov. Inslee’s forced vaccination policies more dangerous than COVID

Gov. Jay Inslee's policies should be called out for what they are: authoritarian. His unchecked power makes him a bigger threat than COVID.
5 years ago

Rantz: UW Medicine pulls heart transplant patient from list after refusing COVID vaccine

UW Medicine started denying organ transplants to patients refusing a COVID vaccine as early as June and won't directly answer questions about their policy.
5 years ago

Rantz: Emails show city staff believe Seattle cops are racists, dissent reported to HR

The city department that oversees the Seattle Police Department fleet embraced a vicious anti-police smear labeling cops white supremacists.
5 years ago

Rantz: UW Medicine patient forced into unwanted COVID vaccine to get his liver transplant

Patients at UW Medicine are being told they must get a COVID vaccine before going through a life-saving organ transplant. One patient doesn't want it.
5 years ago

Rantz: After defunding and demonizing police, Seattle council blames chief for mass exodus

Members of the Seattle City Council had the audacity to blame Seattle Police Department management for the mass exodus of officers from the city.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Children’s won’t provide data to back up COVID-child claims

Seattle Children's Hospital refuses to answer basic questions about the supposed surge in children severely sick with COVID.
5 years ago

Rantz: WA Commission forcing cops to show private social media content or face termination

Officers were told they could lose certification if they don't allow Washington state officials to personally inspect any of their social media accounts.
5 years ago

Rantz: 22-year-old still spitting up blood after brutal Seattle attack

A 22-year-old freelance photographer visiting Seattle was brutally beaten unconscious and robbed in the Mount Baker neighborhood.
5 years ago

Rantz: COVID vaccines will be mandated for all WA, King County, and Seattle staff

State, King County, and Seattle staff must receive a COVID vaccine or face possible termination, the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH has confirmed. 
5 years ago

Rantz: King County Sheriff’s Office, other agencies pull several non-lethal tools thanks to Democrats

Thanks to poorly written "police accountability" laws, several law enforcement agencies including the King County Sheriff's Office have pulled non-lethal tools.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle judge goes easy on murder suspect, prompting rare second opinion that mostly failed

King County Judge Maureen McKee dramatically reduced bail for a man charged in a murder during one of Seattle's most deadly weekends in recent memory.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle homeless camp, courthouse so dangerous that sheriff orders staff to work remotely

The homeless encampment next to the King County Courthouse is so dangerous that Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht is ordering most of her staff to work remotely.
5 years ago

Rantz: Fights, drug use rampant as Seattle school encampment terrorizing area

With fights, drug use, and possibly sex workers visiting a homeless encampment on school property, the situation is deteriorating at Seattle's Broadview-Thomson K-8.
5 years ago

Rantz: 7-year-old’s lemonade stand shuttered while nearby encampment remains

Park rangers shut down a 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand in Everett. But the city refuses to clear nearby homeless encampments that neighbors complain about.
5 years ago

Rantz: School diversity director out for memes calling Christians, Republicans racist

Parents are up in arms after learning the district's diversity director posted hateful social media memes attacking Christians, Republicans and Trump voters.
5 years ago

Rantz: Police and prison abolitionist could become Seattle City Attorney if voters don’t wise up

Seattle is approaching a possible worst-case scenario in the race for City Attorney. Voters may advance a police and jail abolitionist to the general election.
5 years ago

Rantz: Polyclinic’s COVID policy harms patients, says staff isn’t fully vaccinated

Recently, my asthma has been difficult to manage. When I turned to the Polyclinic, I realized I would not be helped thanks to their COVID rules.
5 years ago