On Friday night at 8 p.m.—which is a great time for a debate if you don’t want anyone to watch it—Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell will hop into the ring, and duke it out on live TV. With their words. And Harrell’s very angry pointer finger.
The debate is hosted by KING 5 and the Seattle Times. According to the Times, it’ll be an hour long, starting with opening statements, and followed by questions from the co-moderators, Seattle Times City Hall reporter David Kroman and KING 5 Anchor Mimi Jung. The candidates will get 90-second answers, followed by 45-second rebuttals. The debate will end with closing statements from the candidates.
Debates aren’t usually thrilling, but they’re such an important way to stay engaged with local politics. So we have a couple suggestions for how to watch it tonight.
Go to Neighbours, or any other bar that’s streaming it tonight
The lovely Harper Bizarre and Miss Texas 1988 will be hosting a watch party at Neighbour’s Nightclub on Capitol Hill, starting at 7:30 p.m. The queens will offer “sassy commentary, and ultimately hyping up what gives us hope!” Miss Texas told The Stranger. They’re Wilson stans, but everyone is welcome, she says. “We’re confident that the debate will speak for itself, but a couple of queens on the microphone will certainly add a fun twist, and provide a reminder that if you want to support your local drag artists, we need to keep this city weird, queer, and AFFORDABLE.”
Stream It at Home
It’ll be live on KING 5, but no one has network TV anymore. But the Seattle Times has a streaming link here.
If you’re watching at home, we have some drinking game suggestions to keep that political spark alive.
If you want to get very drunk, you can take a drink every time:
- Wilson says “affordable”
- Harrell points his finger angrily
- Harrell blames another part of King County for Seattle’s problems
- Wilson says “This is your city”
And finish your drink if:
- Harrell mentions the Seattle Supersonics (do an extra shot if he brings props).
- Wilson mentions Big Dumper
- Production values look like a ShamWow! commercial
- You need to.
If you want to stay sober, take a drink every time
- Harrell actually says Wilson’s name.
Uh oh they are both disavowing “Defund the Police” as stupid and naive
Bad news for The Stranger hahaha
Uh oh Katie says the police should police 3rd and Pine harder lol
Bad news for The Stranger!
Somebody tell Hannah Krieg
Uh oh Harrell said “ecosystem”, and “calibration” (twice in the same sentence)
UH OH Harrell just said he was going to give/gave 14.5 million dollars to LEAD!?!?!
Why would anyone want either of these creeps to me mayor
UH OH TYPO
Uh Oh Reparations!!! Uh oh Anti-Gentrification!
Which way, Naive White Seattle Liberal?
“Digital ad tax” – Katie Wilson
hahahahahahahaha
Uh oh Stranger!
Harrell needs to learn how to look into the camera
4,000 units for homeless junkies
costs over $100,000 annually per junkie
Way to go Seattle
Harris just said Barista hahahaha
Oopdsz I meant Harrell
dumb autocorrect
tiz
a Poor
Carpenter
blames his Tools
Public transit = moving junkies and gang members around Seattle
Shove that train all up into Ballard! Abolish their Whiteness!
OH JEEZ Katie sounds like she is about to cry about Trump and ICE enforcing the actual law
Katie whining about surveillance and how it would impact “communities of color” lol
… maybe stop committing so many crimes
Harrell talking tuff saying he won’t let Trump get the surveillance, randomly mentions Garfield HS killing, makes no sense
LOL what a fucking joke both of them are
Katie sounded like an angry B in the last few answers
Harrell sounded kind of stupid
Still voting Harrell
Jeez this sucks
I hope all you goofy naive white-guilt “progressives” at Slog appreciated my live-blogging of the debate
Great live blogging, far better than TS live election updates! How about a post debate wrap up?
Looks like someone actually played the drinking game the author suggested.
Looks like someone actually played the drinking game the author jokingly suggested.
Oops, my first post wasn’t visible (at least not to me) until I resent it. This commenting system is beyond weird.
Where did all the diehard Katie supporters go?
Was it something I said?
Don’t get me wrong, I think Bruce is just as stupid as Katie is.
They didn’t go anywhere, they were never here. Most people either have a social life or enough dignity to not be live-commenting a mayoral debate on a friday night.
Awww you aw abowt to make me cwy
“They didn’t go anywhere, they were never here. Most people either have a social life or enough dignity to not be live-commenting a mayoral debate on a friday night.”
Don’t you “support” The Stranger, and their “progressive” welfare mission for talentless “journalists”? If it’s true that The Stranger gets paid by the click, then I supported The Stranger way more than you did on Friday night. That makes me a better and more virtuous person than you! Hmmmmmph!
Lol. Biped liveblogging to absolutely nobody is a thing of pure beauty. We know you aren’t happy with either choice since neither is an old white man who constantly shits himself and can’t read.