Recall charges filed against Mayor Katie Wilson amid Bite of Seattle shooting controversy [3:18]

YouTube ^ | August 12, 2026 | KOMO News

[SunkenCiv]

Recall charges have been filed against Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, beginning a legal review that must be completed before supporters can begin gathering signatures to try to force a recall election. 

King County Elections received the charges Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to a stamp on the filing. 

The charges accuse Wilson of failing to adequately address public safety concerns in several Seattle neighborhoods and criticize her handling of police leadership and the city's surveillance camera system.  

Recall charges filed against Mayor Katie Wilson amid Bite of Seattle shooting controversy | 3:18 
KOMO News | 415K subscribers | 435,698 views | August 12, 2026

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TOPICS: Government; Local News
KEYWORDS: katiewilson; kingcounty; recall; seattle; washington

[SunkenCiv]

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[dfwgator]

They’ll just replace her with someone even worse.

[j.havenfarm]

The voters were presented with a butt ugly unemployed candidate. No life accomplishments of any kind, leeches of her parents to get by. They got a mayor whose actions in office are consistent with her qualifications. And the voters aren’t satisfied that they got what they voted for? I don’t understand

[dfwgator]

Good people don’t run for office these days. So your only choices are the turd sandwich or the giant douche.

[right way right]

Seattle voters seem mostly too stupid to even breathe.

[TangoLimaSierra]

She can always go back to acting.

[Fungi]

“butt ugly” Close, but no cigar. Even that term does not do her justice.

[right way right]

Every homeless drug addict in Seattle votes.
Whether they realize it or not.
Just like the dead.

[Lockbox]

These people keep voting for the same party and expect different results….. or do they?

[Kudsman]

I remember the initial report came out early last week. The media must have spent the week trying to downplay and spin this. I hope they get way more than the 70k signatures needed. You know the left is going to try invalidating each one.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, it would be a lot better just to throw up her hands and do nothing.

[Harpotoo]

I see 2 dei employees is all....

[srmanuel]

What she’s finding out is, running for office spouting socialist nonsense is a whole lot easier than governing as a socialist.

These pesky things like mass shootings, homeless people setting fires all over the place and budgets that need to be balanced even though you are in a huge deficit leaves very little time for socialist utopia ideas.

[dfwgator]

The idea is to tear down the system. Then the competent people will build the new order, while the useful idiots, like Katie, will find themselves up against the wall.

[fhayek]

They’ll just replace her with someone even worse.

Now, that would be a tall order.

[dfwgator]

Now, that would be a tall order.

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Not really.

[Drew68]

Every homeless drug addict in Seattle votes.

Yep. Just like Los Angeles. And homeless outreach advocates are paid hefty salaries from the taxpayers to ensure their ballots are counted.

[Libloather]

The Maine nazi is available.

[Drew68]

They’ll just replace her with someone even worse.

The fact that they willfully elected a grown woman who was still living with her parents and had never held an actual job as their city's chief executive pretty much ensures this.