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: School district equity training pushes Ze, Fae, Hu personal pronouns

The Edmonds School District endorsed the use of radical and nonsensical personal pronouns during a mandatory equity training for all certified staff.
5 years ago

Rantz: School district coaxes parents to lie to get children vaccine, cheat system

The Olympia School District coaxed parents into lying about their children's birthdays in order to cheat the system for early access to vaccines. 
5 years ago

Rantz: WA doesn’t track outdoor COVID transmission, King County can’t point to one case

WA does not track outdoor transmission rates of the coronavirus and Seattle & King County Public Health can't point to a single instance of outdoor transmission.
5 years ago

Rantz: Trans book controversy reveals school board president owns all-ages sex shop

A controversy over a transgender book read in a first grade Bellingham classroom reveals the district's school board president owns an all-ages sex shop. Can she be objective here?
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle-King County Public Health gives needles to homeless addicts at K-8 school

Seattle and King County Public Health distribute needles to homeless addicts at the growing encampments attached to Broadview Thompson K-8.
5 years ago

Rantz: UW, PLU force vaccines on students but not staff; mask use unknown

Students at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University are forced into COVID vaccines. Staff? Not so much.
5 years ago

Rantz: Inslee brings vaccine passports, segregation to stadiums, colleges, churches

Washington state now has vaccine passports, thanks to Governor Jay Inslee. He simply won't call them vaccine passports because it's politically unpopular.
5 years ago

Rantz: King County Detention dramatically lowers standards for ‘equity’ hires

The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention dramatically lowered its hiring standards to promote more people of color and LGBTQ employees.
5 years ago

Rantz: High school bribing students into vaccines with graduation credits

Chimacum High School students earn nearly half of their required community service hours in exchange for getting the coronavirus vaccine. That's bribery.
5 years ago

Rantz: Chocolati Cafe staffer who denied Seattle cop service is out of a job

A rude, cop-hating employee is out of a job at Seattle's Chocoalti Cafe in Wallingford after denying service to a police officer and a trainee.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle school with encampment went on lockdown over firearm sighting

A homeless man seen with a firearm sent Broadview-Thompson K-8 into lockdown as Seattle Police searched the encampment.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Times ‘inclusive’ group bans ‘justice system,’ ‘inmate’ for social justice

The Seattle Times banned the use of "criminal justice system," "inmate," and other words and terms deemed problematic.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle’s socialist councilmembers collectively worth over $3.5 million

Socialists on the Seattle City Council have taken advantage of our capitalist system, getting wealthy off the low-income voters they claim to fight for.
5 years ago

Rantz: 66 more cops ditch Seattle Police Dept. as mass exodus crisis worsens

The mass exodus of Seattle Police continues with 66 police officers separating so far this year. By the end of May, almost 100 are expected to leave.
5 years ago

Rantz: WA Dept of Health lets providers deny vaccines to white people for equity

The WA Department of Health lets providers deny vaccines to white people in a race-exclusionary system they claim creates equity and removes barriers.
5 years ago

Rantz: Do you care what these Seattle-area politicians think about the Derek Chauvin verdict?

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty for the death of George Floyd. The jockeying for attention then began.
5 years ago

Rantz: Sword, meth, and trash remain as School Board refuses to sweep encampment

A growing encampment that threatens student and staff safety at Seattle's Broadview-Thompson K-8 remains in place. Parents are outraged and concerned.
5 years ago

Rantz: Anti-cop Seattle councilmember gets SPD to pull appreciation event invite

Anti-police Seattle City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Lorena González pressured the SPD to rescind an invite to a law enforcement appreciation dinner. 
5 years ago

Rantz: Progressive BLM activist accused in ‘violent’ anti-Asian hate crimes

A Black Lives Matter activist who decried hate crimes against Asian Americans is accused of victimizing three Asian Americans on the basis of their race.
5 years ago

Rantz: Gov. Inslee too cowardly to face Washingtonians he sent to Phase 2, governs by press release

Governor Jay Inslee just sent over one million Washingtonians back to Phase 2 in his COVID plan. But he was too cowardly to face them.
5 years ago

Rantz: Online tantrum by Seattle School Board’s Chandra Hampson possibly illegal

Seattle School Board President Chandra Hampson deleted critical comments from her Facebook page. Her tantrum may have broken the law.
5 years ago

Rantz: Village Theatre asked job applicants to disrupt ‘toxic whiteness’ of musicals

Village Theatre asked job applicants to explain how they would "disrupt the toxic whiteness of the musical theatre genre." They say it was asked in error. But how much of an error was this?
5 years ago

Rantz: School board members demanded Seattle not sweep homeless encampments from schools

Members of the Seattle School Board demanded the mayor's office not sweep dangerous and growing homeless encampments on two school properties.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Public Health will give needles to minors, community pushes back

Seattle & King County Public Health will give syringes to any addict -- including minors. It doesn't even have formal rules when interacting with minors.
5 years ago