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: Activist mob caught destroying another Seattle business

The activist mob politicians and online propagandists insist is peaceful was caught on video destroying more Seattle businesses Wednesday.
6 years ago

Rantz: Despite CHOP murders and crime surge, Durkan claims all is well on MSNBC

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan claimed on MSNBC Wednesday that all is well in Seattle, dismissing a speech calling out the city’s ongoing activist crime and mob violence during the infamous “Summer of Love.”
6 years ago

Rantz: Video shows activists launching Molotov cocktails at Seattle police union building

Activists attacked the Seattle Police Officers Guild office with Molotov cocktails, video surveillance reveals. This attack occurred the same night as others attempted to burn officers alive.
6 years ago

Rantz: Rioters tried to burn Seattle police alive, sealed door during fire at East Precinct

Seattle rioters tried to sealed the door to the East Precinct shut while also attempting to set fire to the building, the Seattle Police Department has confirmed.
6 years ago

Rantz: Businesses ditch downtown Seattle over crime, council attacks on cops

Businesses are ditching the downtown Seattle area over ongoing concerns about crime and the connected attacks against police by the Seattle City Council.
6 years ago

Rantz: CDC Director says some Washington districts can reopen schools

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the data supports many districts to reopen schools in Washington.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle man says he was fired over Kshama Sawant recall effort

The Seattle man behind an effort to recall Socialist Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant says he was fired from his "dream job" over his political activism.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle activists, not Trump, are why mailboxes are missing

Seattle activists are to blame, not President Donald Trump, for missing or locked mailboxes on Capitol Hill. All the conspiracy theories are wrong.
6 years ago

Rantz: Fed up Seattle police officer quits, tells BLM agitator ‘you guys won’

A fed up Seattle police officer told a Black Lives Matter activist that he's quitting in a now-viral video.
6 years ago

Rantz: Racist mob demands white Seattle homeowners kicked out of area

A racist and anti-capitalist BLM-inpisred mob targeted Seattle homeowners on the basis of their race, demanding white people get kicked out of the area.
6 years ago

Rantz: After attacks and taxes, Amazon looks to expand out of Seattle

After attacks from the City Council, Amazon appears ready for further expansion outside of Seattle. This could have crippling economic impacts.
6 years ago

Rantz: Inslee gives illegal immigrants $40 million as unemployment still a mess

Governor Jay Inslee still owes legal Washington residents unemployment benefits but nevertheless announced he'll hand out $40 million to illegal immigrants.
6 years ago

Rantz: Carmen Best, Black female police chief, driven out by Seattle Council

Carmen Best, Seattle's first Black female police chief, will resign Tuesday, just one day after city council devastated the police department with reckless cuts.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle gets the government it deserves, but police deserve better

The Seattle City Council voted to decimate the Seattle Police Department, firing up to 100 officers in the coming days. We get the government we deserve.
6 years ago

Rantz: 66 photos of Defend Seattle Police rally and their Antifa agitators

Thousands of pro-police locals attended a rally at City Hall to push back against the dangerous Seattle City Council plan to defund the police.
6 years ago

Rantz: After burning American flag, Seattle activists assault journalist, woman

After burning an American flag, a group of Seattle Antifa activists and other agitators assaulted a photojournalist and a rally-goer during a pro-police rally. 
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Council voting to fire officers of color, cut black chief’s wages

The woke Seattle City Council is poised to fire officers of color and cut the black police chief's salary to ensure she gets paid less than her white predecessor.
6 years ago

Rantz: ‘Congress Sucks’ candidate beat self-loving Socialist millennial

Joshua Collins is a Socialist congressional candidate who seemed pretty certain he'd make it into the general election. But, as of now, he's losing the WA-10 race to a candidate running in the Congress Sucks Party.
6 years ago

Rantz: Seattle activist says buildings ‘perpetulating’ violence, so destroy them

After vandalizing another Starbucks, one Seattle activist justifies the destruction by claiming buildings are "perpetulating" violence against people.
6 years ago

Rantz: Defund Seattle police activists are acting like terrorists

Some defund Seattle police activists are threatening public officials by showing up to their homes. Their intent? Intimidate politicians into supporting their position.
6 years ago

Rantz: Union head declares Seattle reporters support defund police movement

A union head representing local broadcast journalists testified to the Seattle City Council claiming their journalists support the defund police movement.
6 years ago

Rantz: Shock poll shows only 32% support to defund SPD by half

A new poll spells absolute disaster for the Seattle City Council pushing to defund the Seattle police by 50%. Only 32% back the reckless council plan.
6 years ago

Rantz: Activist group says Seattle cops targeted them. Video shows otherwise

A far-Left legal activist group claims Seattle police targeted them with pepper spray during Saturday's riot. But video shows that claim to be nonsense.
6 years ago

Rantz: 69 photos from the center of the Seattle anti-police riot

Some activists and media members pretend this past weekend's demonstration in Seattle was simply a protest and not an anti-police riot. They're wrong. 
6 years ago