The anti-capitalist, race-baiting leaders currently running Seattle into the ground might be fueling most of the headlines, but there’s plenty of far-left extremism on display across the state of Washington.
One recent example emerged from the Lynnwood City Council, where one elected official advanced an opinion that most Americans outside of leftist enclaves like Washington would find outrageous.
Fox News covered the council member’s antagonistic anti-American screed:
“To me, a pride flag is way more relatable than an American flag. I would not raise an American flag at my house because I wouldn’t. I wasn’t even born here. But I would raise a pride flag,” said Lynnwood council member Isabel Mata on Monday. “As the most diverse city in all of Snohomish County, I don’t think that I’m the only one.”
ADVERTISEMENTMata, who identifies as a “queer, neurodivergent writer, advocate, and mindfulness meditation teacher” in her government biography, suggested replacing the flags with commemorative ones in an effort to be more inclusive—while downplaying the symbolism of the American flag.
Mata has since walked back the remarks, telling Fox News Digital that she was speaking “personally, as a queer woman, about what the pride flag means to me.”
That effort to explain away the remarks probably isn’t going to be enough to satisfy the many social media users who expressed their disdain:
Just leave the USA then. What the hell are you even doing there? Get the fuck out. Live out your leftie retarded reality somewhere else.
— Nord (@NordRants) May 7, 2026
This person belongs in a mental institution. Or we can send her to Iran and she can enjoy her freedoms there…
— Todd Newton (@Elkhuntr10) May 7, 2026
"I wouldn't raise the American flag at my house…. I wasn't even born here"
We need to look at ramping up deportations to levels never even discussed before pic.twitter.com/hFdX9or01r
— Based Electrician⚡️🇺🇲 (@ComeAndTakeIt) May 7, 2026
The Post Millennial added this:
Mata argued that some of the flags represent “parts of American history that, frankly, are not great,” and suggested exploring alternatives that better represent the city’s “beautiful cultures and diverse backgrounds.”
“The last thing I want to say is yes, it’s a political statement, but our city logo is literally all are welcome in rainbow colors,” she added. “We’ve already made a decision as a city where we stand politically.”
The official City of Lynnwood logo is a stylized blue “L” with concentric squares and is not rendered in rainbow colors. The city has used separate “All Are Welcome” messaging in past initiatives, but Mata’s claim about the municipal logo does not match the adopted branding.
ADVERTISEMENTHer comments come weeks before Memorial Day, which will see millions of Americans honor service members who died under the Stars and Stripes. This year also marks the nation’s semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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