{"id":35033,"date":"2026-05-02T00:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=35033"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:03:32","slug":"socialist-mayors-blunt-1-word-message-to-fleeing-millionaires-sparks-outrage-were-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=35033","title":{"rendered":"Socialist mayor\u2019s blunt 1-word message to fleeing millionaires sparks outrage: \u2018We\u2019re doomed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Wilson, Seattle\u2019s new self-proclaimed socialist mayor, sparked a social media firestorm after she gave her take on reports that millionaires are fleeing Washington state due to taxes and various far-left policies.
\nWhile speaking at a forum at Seattle University earlier this month, the new Democratic mayor said, \u201cI think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are like super overblown.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd the ones that leave, like, bye,\u201d she continued, waving her hand and laughing. Though the line drew laughs and applause from those in the auditorium, it did not go over as well online, as conservatives quickly blasted the new Seattle mayor.
\n\u201cSeattle\u2019s Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington State by saying \u201cBYE\u201d \u2026 then laughing. We\u2019re doomed,\u201d wrote Brandi Kruse.
\nMAMDANI\u2019S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN A HIDDEN \u2018MOVING THE GOALPOSTS\u2019 PLOY TO JUSTIFY MASSIVE GOV EXPANSION: EXPERT<\/p>\n

Kruse\u2019s post has been seen over 4 million times on social media as of Friday morning.
\nPopular conservative account \u201cEnd Wokeness\u201d also posted on X, writing, \u201cMayor Wilson seems to welcome the idea of a wealth exodus from Seattle. This is the FA part. FO coming soon.\u201d
\n\u201cEnjoy, Seattle,\u201d Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted on X.
\nSOCIALIST MAYOR-ELECT REVEALS WHY SHE EMBRACED HER PARENTS GIVING HER MONEY AS A 43-YEAR-OLD<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do socialists think happens when the most productive, highest revenue driving members of their tax base leave their jurisdictions?\u201d Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts posted on X.
\n\u201cSocialists are driven by hate for the rich, not concern for the poor,\u201d Manhattan Institute scholar Daniel Di Martino posted on X.
\n\u201cThis is the reaction of a spoiled child whose parents paid her bills up until the point that she became mayor\u2026 She has no grasp of reality or economics,\u201d comedian Tim Young posted on X. \u201cSeattle is extra cooked.\u201d
\nDiscovery Institute Senior Journalism Fellow Jonathan Choe posted on X, \u201cSeattle, you voted for this.\u201d
\n\u201cThis clip will live in infamy,\u201d the Washington State Republican Party posted on X. \u201c@MayorofSeattle Katie Wilson is not only unfit to be mayor, she lacks grace and gratitude. Perhaps, she\u2019s the one who should leave #Seattle.\u201d
\nFox News Digital reached out to Wilson\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n

Wilson shocked many political observers when she was elected Seattle\u2019s mayor last year, and many chalked up her victory to her ability to tap into a similar voting bloc that socialist Zohran Mamdani used on his way to becoming New York City\u2019s next mayor.
\nEarlier this month, Fox News Digital reported on city advocates who say they are struggling to find solutions as homelessness and open-air drug use spread across Seattle\u2019s streets, amid growing concerns about the direction of Wilson\u2019s new administration.
\n\u201cYou can just see the foil is like blowing down the sidewalks like autumn leaves,\u201d Andrea Suarez, founder and executive director of We Heart Seattle, told Fox News Digital in an interview.\u00a0
\n\u201cVery common to see property damage of our parks and shared spaces. You can see Narcan is used to reverse an overdose, so you\u2019ll see cartridges. But at least we\u2019re remodeling the bathroom to be gender-neutral. I\u2019m not [kidding] you, that\u2019s where our priorities are.\u201d\u00a0
\nFox News Digital\u2019s Nikolas Lanum and Rachel Del Guidice contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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