Seattle is — in parts, anyway — a beautiful city with lots to offer. The Space Needle is pretty cool, while the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum and Pike Place Market are worthy of a visit.
Unfortunately, the city is also known as a hotbed of socialism and failed progressive policies, which is evidenced by their large homeless population, their lax approach to crime, and the exodus of major corporations sick of the slow-motion decline.
As if to personify the gloomy outlook of so many depressed woke city dwellers, a column posted in the Seattle Times Thursday drew widespread mockery for its portrait of a divided population where many aren’t proud of the United States. This is as the nation prepares for its 250th birthday and as America hosts the so-far extremely successful FIFA World Cup.
Many Europeans visiting for the games are discovering our country for the first time, and as RedState’s Nick Arama and others have been covering, they’ve been absolutely loving it. Dreary American leftists, not so much, according to the self-hating rag:
But now that the 2026 edition [of the World Cup] is actually kicking off, including a match Friday between the U.S. and Australia at Seattle Stadium, Lefkowitz [some TDS-riddled clown the paper interviewed] is struggling to separate his love for U.S. soccer from his negative feelings about high ticket prices, President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants and Trump’s war with Iran, among other things, he said in an interview last month.
Oh, poor baby. Maybe you should move to Iraq or Somalia. I’m sure they run things much better over there.
Although the paper did note that some fans were patriotic, the story was sprinkled with quotes like this one: “We used to be the good guys. Now we’re not.”
But here comes the fun part — proud Americans showed up in the tens of thousands and cheered wildly as the U.S. defeated Australia and moved on to the next round. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Seattle Times:
I can't remember a time when the headline of a story has ever aged more poorly. pic.twitter.com/DRtYuULfDT https://t.co/11JDOm1GmF
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 20, 2026
USA: Wow! USMNT Stuns the World Cup With Historic Victory Over the Aussies - Advancing to Next Round
Now This Is Some World Cup Fun - and a Big 'Thank You' to America
RedState’s Buzz Patterson took note:
Meanwhile, Seattle….
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) June 19, 2026
Our media sucks. https://t.co/IeLYGGCs1i pic.twitter.com/MyEnLjpSxP
Sure seems like there’s plenty of people who aren’t ambivalent in the slightest, doesn’t it, Seattle Times?
Look at all the American flags and pride in our country in Seattle, Washington of all places today! 🇺🇸
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) June 19, 2026
The American hating radical leftists who live in that city are gonna have to go through months of therapy after the World Cup ends! 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZttYKFsycz
Have you ever seen anything like this involving soccer in the U.S.? I haven’t. Fox Sports hasn’t either:
“Never seen anything like this in American soccer.” 🇺🇸@RobStoneONFOX x @CarliLloyd x @clint_dempsey x @AlexiLalas pic.twitter.com/4XQWjVnAx2
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 19, 2026
Poor, sad Seattle Times and miserable Emerald City socialists. All they wanted to see was people dumping on the country, and instead what they got served was a major dose of humiliation. For the anti-America crowd, it’s time to go back to your caves and work on your next ineffectual protest.
In the meantime, normal people will keep rooting for the U.S. of A. as the USMNT makes its historic run. Let’s go!
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