I know that title will make some people mad, but I don't care, because I'm right. To Washington Democrats, children are nothing more than political pawns, and there's no other way to sugarcoat it.
There's a book by Dara Horn called People Love Dead Jews. It's about how people only care about Jewish victims of terror or murder if it fits their narrative; otherwise, they shrug. For Democrats, it's the same with kids, but worse. They know their policies are killing children, yet they persist anyway.
The other day, I drove past Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, a place I hadn't seen since the recent shooting. Two kids were recently gunned down in broad daylight right out front. What's been done? Balloons and flowers at the bus stop. That's it. As if that'll prevent the next one.
We know how to stop or discourage school shootings: Make schools hard targets. That means one way in and out, fencing around the property, cops, and security guards on campus. Testimony from past mass shooters reveals they choose soft targets, schools without these protections, over hardened ones.
Rainier Beach isn't a surprise; that stretch of Rainier Avenue at Henderson has been Seattle's deadliest intersection for over 20 years. Gang problems fester there, and while the shooting's gang ties aren't confirmed, sources say it's likely. Yet nothing changes because addressing it would force Democrats to abandon their failed policies.
Take Seattle Public Schools and the teachers' unions: After George Floyd in 2020, they banned Seattle police from campuses. Every shooting prompts cries of "Do something!" But suggest bringing back cops? "Nope, too far." Metal detectors? "We don't want schools to feel like prisons."
Meanwhile, we pack Lumen Field for events, happily walking through metal detectors. Airports? Same thing, I just went through one. Kids today have grown up with them; it's normal. In Israel, where I've traveled often, malls, buses, and transit all have detectors and wands. People there feel safer than in Seattle.
I don't carry a gun in Jerusalem, but in downtown Seattle? You bet I do.
We protect stadiums, athletes, movie theaters, everything but our children. Why? Democrats' war on guns targets the tools, not the criminals. And now, this isn't even about an old episode; it's happening today.
I'm friends with State Rep. Travis Couture, a Navy submariner, one of the toughest guys I know. He's fought tirelessly against Washington's Keeping Families Together Act (HB 1227), passed in 2021, which keeps kids in homes with drug-addicted parents. When this idea first surfaced years ago, I warned: Kids will die.
It started bipartisan, with Republicans wary of government foster care. But they've since repented and tried to fix it annually. Why? Because every year brings more dead kids.
Ninety-two. That’s how many child deaths or near-deaths were tied to Washington’s child welfare system in just the first six months of 2025, according to the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds. That’s not a political talking point. That’s a body count, so forgive me if I’m done pretending this is just another “policy disagreement.”
The horrors are endless: A child returned to a drug-addicted father who killed him and dumped his body in a car seat in the bushes. Drug addicts are leaving fentanyl around, with the government's "solution" a laughable lockbox, as if an addict mid-bender will remember to use it. Couture, emotional in testimony last year, broke down crying.
A friend who worked for CPS told me stories of monstrous parents so drugged out when their kids were taken away that they didn't recognize her when sober enough to reclaim their kids, and often apologized without recalling their actions.
Late last night, Couture posted devastating news: He'd exhausted every option, including a rare procedural motion to pull three bills, two Republican, one Democrat, from committee. Each aimed to remove kids from fentanyl-fueled hell.
He had nine minutes to plead for these babies' lives. It failed on party lines: All Republicans yes, all Democrats no. "I feel devastated," he wrote. "The sickening abuse, neglect, malnourishment, and death of kids will continue. It makes me angry and physically ill."
He's right. If addicts can't care for themselves, how can they care for kids? We rage at homeless people with dogs they can't care for, yet tolerate parents using kids as begging props outside of grocery stores in Seattle.
My wife once saw a little girl with a backpack climb off a bus, over a guardrail, and into a tent under the I-90 interchange on Rainier Avenue. Reporters have found kids in encampments, but city, county, and state do nothing. Why? Fixing homelessness means losing the excuse to tax us more for "solutions" that never materialize.
Democrats love dead children because they exploit them politically. They ignore drugs flooding the border, coddle cartels and gangs in our sanctuary state, and let preventable deaths mount. Three bills died, including a Democrat's watered-down version, because feeling bad for addicts trumps saving kids. Every dead child is on them: Every Democrat who blocked reform owns this.
Democrats want the chaos. Pray for the unprotected children, and shame on those who leave them to die.
There's a book by Dara Horn called People Love Dead Jews. It's about how people only care about Jewish victims of terror or murder if it fits their narrative; otherwise, they shrug. For Democrats, it's the same with kids, but worse. They know their policies are killing children, yet they persist anyway.
The other day, I drove past Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, a place I hadn't seen since the recent shooting. Two kids were recently gunned down in broad daylight right out front. What's been done? Balloons and flowers at the bus stop. That's it. As if that'll prevent the next one.
We know how to stop or discourage school shootings: Make schools hard targets. That means one way in and out, fencing around the property, cops, and security guards on campus. Testimony from past mass shooters reveals they choose soft targets, schools without these protections, over hardened ones.
Rainier Beach isn't a surprise; that stretch of Rainier Avenue at Henderson has been Seattle's deadliest intersection for over 20 years. Gang problems fester there, and while the shooting's gang ties aren't confirmed, sources say it's likely. Yet nothing changes because addressing it would force Democrats to abandon their failed policies.
Take Seattle Public Schools and the teachers' unions: After George Floyd in 2020, they banned Seattle police from campuses. Every shooting prompts cries of "Do something!" But suggest bringing back cops? "Nope, too far." Metal detectors? "We don't want schools to feel like prisons."
Meanwhile, we pack Lumen Field for events, happily walking through metal detectors. Airports? Same thing, I just went through one. Kids today have grown up with them; it's normal. In Israel, where I've traveled often, malls, buses, and transit all have detectors and wands. People there feel safer than in Seattle.
I don't carry a gun in Jerusalem, but in downtown Seattle? You bet I do.
We protect stadiums, athletes, movie theaters, everything but our children. Why? Democrats' war on guns targets the tools, not the criminals. And now, this isn't even about an old episode; it's happening today.
I'm friends with State Rep. Travis Couture, a Navy submariner, one of the toughest guys I know. He's fought tirelessly against Washington's Keeping Families Together Act (HB 1227), passed in 2021, which keeps kids in homes with drug-addicted parents. When this idea first surfaced years ago, I warned: Kids will die.
It started bipartisan, with Republicans wary of government foster care. But they've since repented and tried to fix it annually. Why? Because every year brings more dead kids.
Ninety-two. That’s how many child deaths or near-deaths were tied to Washington’s child welfare system in just the first six months of 2025, according to the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds. That’s not a political talking point. That’s a body count, so forgive me if I’m done pretending this is just another “policy disagreement.”
The horrors are endless: A child returned to a drug-addicted father who killed him and dumped his body in a car seat in the bushes. Drug addicts are leaving fentanyl around, with the government's "solution" a laughable lockbox, as if an addict mid-bender will remember to use it. Couture, emotional in testimony last year, broke down crying.
A friend who worked for CPS told me stories of monstrous parents so drugged out when their kids were taken away that they didn't recognize her when sober enough to reclaim their kids, and often apologized without recalling their actions.
Late last night, Couture posted devastating news: He'd exhausted every option, including a rare procedural motion to pull three bills, two Republican, one Democrat, from committee. Each aimed to remove kids from fentanyl-fueled hell.
He had nine minutes to plead for these babies' lives. It failed on party lines: All Republicans yes, all Democrats no. "I feel devastated," he wrote. "The sickening abuse, neglect, malnourishment, and death of kids will continue. It makes me angry and physically ill."
He's right. If addicts can't care for themselves, how can they care for kids? We rage at homeless people with dogs they can't care for, yet tolerate parents using kids as begging props outside of grocery stores in Seattle.
My wife once saw a little girl with a backpack climb off a bus, over a guardrail, and into a tent under the I-90 interchange on Rainier Avenue. Reporters have found kids in encampments, but city, county, and state do nothing. Why? Fixing homelessness means losing the excuse to tax us more for "solutions" that never materialize.
Democrats love dead children because they exploit them politically. They ignore drugs flooding the border, coddle cartels and gangs in our sanctuary state, and let preventable deaths mount. Three bills died, including a Democrat's watered-down version, because feeling bad for addicts trumps saving kids. Every dead child is on them: Every Democrat who blocked reform owns this.
Democrats want the chaos. Pray for the unprotected children, and shame on those who leave them to die.
