http://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/05/01/socialist-seattle-mayor-gets-aggressively-saved-by-handlers-when-a-reporter-politely-asks-basic-questions-n2427765
The last time we talked about Seattle's new socialist Mayor Katie Wilson she was being Mamdani-style arrogant about businesses and wealthy people fleeing the city's insane taxation policies. Wilson told them all "BYE!"
Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) ~ INSANE. Seattle's Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying "BYE" ... then laughing. We're doomed.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/2049562844862324861
Now there appears to be another problem.
The Seattle mayor either isn't equipped or doesn't want to answer fairly simple questions from reporters. This particular one came after the mayor was asked about surveillance cameras after a shooting in her city:
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:
Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) ~ 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.
Wilson has been criticized for dodging the press & being unable to answer basic questions since she came into office.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/2050292905240309822
We have a feeling there's going to be a lot more the mayor (and her staff) doesn't want to talk about in the coming days and weeks:
Big Fish (@BigFish3000) ~ Definitely not talking about companies leaving.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson doesn’t want to talk about Starbucks leaving Seattle. “This is not the subject.” 😂
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/2050296790834929838
Glenn Meyerhoff (@fred612377) ~ Serious question, how does someone like this even get elected? Cannot even answer a question???
Well, it's Seattle. That's all we can come up with at this point.
She and Mamdani are clueless, infantile buffoons.
Anthony Mixer (@AnthonyMixerWA) ~ I do not find this shocking at all. @MayorofSeattle Katie Wilson knows why she doesn’t want surveillance, but would rather not talk about it. And, the staff obviously are in on it.
Mark Davis (@MarkDavis) ~ Simple rule, across the political spectrum: any politician refusing to answer a simple appropriate question while staffers attempt a rescue by requiring a reporter to “stay on topic…” is a gutless lightweight.
And it certainly showed during that brief interview.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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