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: Local professor said ‘hell yes’ to Antifa violence

A professor of Nordic Studies at Pacific Lutheran University said "hell yes" he supports violence towards people anti-fascist activists perceive to be Nazis or fascists
7 years ago

Rantz: Tacoma poised to pass Seattle’s anti-gun ‘self defense tax’

When I say on my show that bad policies of Seattle have a tendency to spread, I mean it. Look at the latest example out of Tacoma, poised to pass a gun and ammo tax -- or, as I call it, a self-defense tax.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle CM Herbold asked police chief for help before RV became media spectacle

Before it became a media spectacle, Seattle city councilmember Lisa Herbold privately asked Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best for options on how to handle an RV parked in front of her home, sources exclusively tell the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.
7 years ago

Rantz: Illegal immigrant rapist offered more protections than Washingtonians

A rapist is treated the same as a DREAMer and offered more protections that we give Washingtonians. It’s disgusting, dangerous and wrong. 
7 years ago

Rantz: After damaging exposé on FOX News, Seattle CM Herbold tries to cover her tracks

Incumbent Seattle councilmember Lisa Herbold is on the defensive after being exposed for her dangerous record on homelessness in an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Her defense is an abject, transparent lie.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Progressive activists try skirting rules with attack ads for Herbold, Strauss, Morales

After decrying Amazon trying to buy the Seattle City Council elections for a legal campaign donation, Progressive activists tried to skirt campaign rules by Facebook to sneak in attack ads to benefit incumbent Seattle councilwoman Lisa Herbold, newcomer Dan Strauss, Socialist Tammy Morales.
7 years ago

Rantz: AG Bob Ferguson pushes media outlets for docs in suit involving ICE

The office of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is trying to use private materials procured by local media outlets in a political fight against ICE.
7 years ago

Rantz: Some Sounders fans heroically, bravely fought Nazis at playoff game

Not all heroes wear capes, but they do fly oversized Iron Front flags at Sounders games in their self-righteous effort to fight off Nazis.
7 years ago

Rantz: ‘Seattle Compassion’ from Kshama Sawant, Lisa Herbold will kill the homeless

Shame on any of us, and any politician, that lets Kshama Sawant and Lisa Herbold gut Seattle's Navigation Team.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Councilmember Lisa Herbold hit with over $32,000 tax lien, won’t respond to questions

Embattled incumbent Seattle city councilwoman Lisa Herbold and her husband were hit with a notice of federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service for $32,645.03, according to a document obtained by the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Progressives desperately attack Amazon over council races

Amazon announced this week that they’re donating over $1 million in their fight against inept and dangerous Seattle City Council candidates, and now, candidates and their allies are terrified.
7 years ago

Rantz: Consultants, activists armed with oppo-research get nasty in Seattle council races

Recent smears in Seattle council races have shined a giant spotlight on just how nasty and petty consultants and professional activists can be.
7 years ago

Rantz: UW Seattle professor declares Spongebob Squarepants ‘racist’ whitewashing

University of Washington professor Holly Barker is no fan of Spongebob Squarepants, a fictional, underwater animated creature she believes represents racism and violence.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Councilmember Lisa Herbold sped through school crosswalk, had nearly 30 infractions

During a debate last week, supporters for Councilmember Lisa Herbold went on a social media campaign to highlight, in their view, an embarrassing history of traffic infractions by her opponent Phil Tavel.
7 years ago

Rantz: Eco-business ditches Seattle over crime and human waste, declares ‘this is not OK’

The exact kind of business that seems perfect for Seattle is ditching the city, fed up with the rampant drug use, human waste, and vandalism found at their business.
7 years ago

Rantz: Dangerous Seattle-area policy leading to teen overdose deaths

Fentanyl-laced counterfeit drugs continue to kill and cause overdoses in King County. But local policy is only making the problem worse.
7 years ago

Rantz: Anger as Seattle Councilmember Herbold trivializes PTSD with bizarre claim

Some people living with post-traumatic stress disorder are angry and annoyed with incumbent Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold for claiming she suffered “severe PTSD” after losing the fight over the job-killing Amazon head tax.
7 years ago

Rantz: Fed up activist threatens to tow derelict RVs to homes of Seattle councilmembers

Community activist and former Seattle City Council candidate Ari Hoffman is fed up with derelict RVs lining the streets outside the Bikur Cholim cemetery.
7 years ago

Rantz: Need heat for a cold Seattle night? There’s a heat tax for that

If you’re looking to stay warm on a cold Seattle night, bad news: You’ll have to pay a heat tax. And, apparently, elderly residents will be hit the hardest.  
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Schools document say math is oppressive, US government racist

Two plus two may equal four, but if a math student says five, you better not correct them, oppressor!
7 years ago

Rantz: Celebrated Seattle restaurant to close, killed by rising costs and minimum wage

Award-winning chef Matt Dillon will soon close his much-beloved restaurant, Sitka & Spruce, citing increased costs of doing business in Seattle.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle I-5 lid is ‘technically feasible’ but still an awful waste of money

Even after a proposed lid over I-5 in Seattle was declared "technically feasible," it remains an expensive, disruptive undertaking for the city.
7 years ago

Rantz: Seattle has officially given up on RV homelessness

Seattle has just officially given up on addressing the rampant problem of derelict, dangerous RVs littering our neighborhoods, keeping people in squalor.
7 years ago

Rantz: MLS caves to extremism, allows Antifa flag at CenturyLink and elsewhere

After Antifa members threw several fits, Major League Soccer caved, allowing these fans to wave the Iron Front flag at Seattle Sounders games.
7 years ago