Congratulations to the city of Seattle, Washington.
Not to be outdone by New York City’s election of socialist Jew-hater zohran mamdani…
…Seattle has elected self-professed socialist Katy Wilson its mayor.
And who is Katy Wilson? From an article at the Daily Caller News Foundation, via Independent Journal Review:
Wilson co-founded and runs the Transit Riders’ Union (TRU) a self-described “independent, democratic, member-run union of transit riders organizing for better public transit in Seattle, King County and beyond,” according to its website.
She ran for mayor on a left-wing platform emphasizing “climate action and environmental justice,” “police accountability,” “racial equity” and raising “new progressive revenue,” according to her campaign website.
Wilson also said she would “Trump-proof” Seattle if elected, similar to Mamdani who campaigned to do the same for New York City.
“One of my first political acts in Seattle was joining the massive march for immigrants’ and workers’ rights on May 1, 2006,” Wilson said on her campaign website, under the headline “Trump-Proof Seattle.” “That’s the Seattle I believe in. We stand up for the most vulnerable. We believe in democracy, climate action, robust public services, and good jobs. But all of that is under threat like never before.”
Way to go, Seattle. Just what the city needs. Left wing slogans transformed into governance, with police and the President of the United States seen as enemies.
The late, great H. L. Mencken once defined democracy as “the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
I expect that a great many Wilson voters in Seattle, like mamdani voters in New York City, will learn very quickly that Mencken knew what he was talking about.
