Child's Crusade. If Seattle voters wake up to who they voted for, will they cheer, or cringe? I’m going with “cheer” because after all, she’s one of their own
/Socialist Seattle Mayor Gets Aggressively Saved By Handlers When a Reporter Politely Asks Basic Questions
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's staff abruptly ended an interview with a local news reporter this week after he pressed her on rising gun violence and surveillance cameras in the city after a recent shooting.
Chris Daniels of KOMO News asked Wilson about community concerns over increasing gun violence and whether additional surveillance measures might be reconsidered.
The mayor was quickly cut off mid-response by a member of her staff.
The mayor was being asked polite and frankly fairly basic questions and staffers felt the need to do a quick "clean up on aisle socialist" at that moment. Watch:
Staffers for Seattle Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson abruptly end an interview with KOMO News Senior Reporter Chris Daniels when she can't answer basic questions
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) May 1, 2026
Wilson has been criticized for dodging the press & being unable to answer basic questions since she came into office pic.twitter.com/eJnFtg6CLy
If you missed it, here’s another of her performances, also from this week:
INSANE. Seattle's Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying "BYE" ... then laughing. We're doomed. pic.twitter.com/gP8CbPkqEl
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) April 29, 2026
“That’s not the subject”
Also this week, the Mayor’s frequent target Starbucks — her very first statement upon taking office was to call for a boycott of the company’s stores – announced that its pulling hundreds of employees out of its Seattle headquarters and expanding to Nashville. Her comment? No comment”.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson doesn’t want to talk about Starbucks leaving Seattle.
— Big Fish (@BigFish3000) May 1, 2026
“This is not the subject.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/tSS092mTvM