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: Another ‘defund’ Seattle councilmember reports crimes to police she gutted

Seattle City Councilwoman Lisa Herbold, a leading proponent of the defund police movement, keeps using limited resources from the department she gutted.
6 years ago

Rantz: State funneled federal COVID relief to radical political groups, all based on race

Washington State Department of Commerce gave federal COVID relief dollars to nonprofits with radical political agendas in a selection process based on race.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle activists livid as police shoot Black murder suspect, call it execution

Seattle activists are livid that police shot and killed a suspected murderer after he tried to murder them. Why? Because the suspect is Black and "ACAB."
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle CM who defunded police complains of slow investigation, wants VIP treatment

After defunding the Seattle Police Department, City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is mad she's not getting VIP treatment by the police.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle councilmember pushes communist Cuban propaganda, celebrates Castro

Seattle Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda amplified a Socialist promoting communist propaganda from Cuba. It also includes a picture glorifying Fidel Castro.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle sex workers jump line for COVID vaccines? Misunderstanding sparks rumor

A sex worker claimed Public Health -- Seattle & King County allowed them to qualify for early access to vaccines under the next phase. It's based on a huge misunderstanding.
6 years ago

Rantz: Gary Ridgway, inmates in process of receiving COVID vaccines, well before your grandparents

Green River Killer Gary Ridgway and other inmates may likely get a COVID-19 vaccine before desperate grandparents who have been struggling to even make an appointment.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle schools teach K-5 students to pick gender, disrupt nuclear family

Seattle Public Schools are teaching students in kindergarten through fifth grade to pick their gender and disrupt the nuclear family structure.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Mayor, SDOT brag, but bury huge increase in traffic deaths

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Department of Transportation bragged about their Vision Zero successes in 2020. But fatalities skyrocketed.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Public Schools teaching radical BLM, anti-police lessons to K-5 students

Seattle Public Schools will spend the week promoting Black Lives Matter lessons to students. Teachers are encouraged to offer their opinions.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle CM Kshama Sawant never reported threats to police, yet demands investigation

Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant is demanding an investigation by Seattle Police into threatening emails. Only, she never reported them to police.
6 years ago

Rantz: DC was under military occupation, as Democrats robbed US of an inauguration

Washington D.C. took on a new aesthetic… dystopian chic? The city looked like a post-apocalyptic war zone, almost like a movie set. Only it was real, not fiction. 
6 years ago

Rantz: Watch Seattle voter scold Councilmember Kshama Sawant in grocery store

Seattle's socialist firebrand Kshama Sawant was confronted by an angry, yet polite, Seattle voter as she shopped for groceries in her district.
6 years ago

Rantz: Tacoma cop who drove out of crowd was swarmed, threatened by mob

Graphic video shows a Tacoma Police Department officer driving through a mob of people surrounding his car.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Council, activists pretend Antifa riot didn’t happen

The Seattle Council and activists are pretending the inauguration Antifa riot didn't happen. They're ignoring the violence like always.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle judge releases suspect after admitting to vandalism during Antifa mob

A Seattle judge released a suspect who allegedly admitting to being responsible for vandalizing a Starbucks during Antifa's violent mob on inauguration night. Not even modest bail.
6 years ago

Rantz: Mythical Antifa peacefully riot after saying they’d riot, catching Seattle, Portland off guard

Antifa, the mythical group invented by right-wingers, peacefully rioted in Seattle and Portland after posting flyers on social media saying they would turn violent, catching some off guard. Biden's America, am I right?
6 years ago

Rantz: King County erased Christmas, Easter and Hanukkah from woke, taxpayer-funded calendar

The King County Office of Equity and Social Justice (OESJ) spent taxpayer dollars on a calendar that erases Christmas, Easter, and Hanukkah.
6 years ago

Rantz in Washington DC: 63 wild photos of the Capitol in lockdown

Washington D.C. is on near total lockdown as the military occupies our nation's Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Here are photos of the ominous experience.
6 years ago

Rantz: Councilmember Gonzalez renews push to fire white Seattle police officers

The Seattle City Council will renew its push to fire white officers within the Seattle Police Department.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle school pulls teacher after suspected indecent exposure in remote class

A substitute teacher at Seattle's Catharine Blaine K-8 School is suspected of indecent exposure during an online class. Seattle Police are now involved.
6 years ago

Rantz: Union head says opening schools is ‘white supremacy,’ suicide concern ‘white privilege’

A teacher's union president claims reopening schools for in-person learning is an example of "white supremacy" and compares it to following rioters into the U.S. Capitol.
6 years ago

Rantz: Stunning hypocrisy from Kshama Sawant after promoting ‘rebellion’

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is asking the police union president to resign for a misguided tweet. But her past behavior has been much, much worse.
6 years ago

Rantz: After shameful Capitol mob, Seattle council finally condemns violence

The Seattle City Councilmembers that ignored, justified or encouraged left-wing violence are now condemning right-wing violence. They need to condemn it all.
6 years ago