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.”
Mata, 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:
City Councilwoman Isabel Mata: "To me, an LGBTQIA+ flag is way more relatable than AMERICAN FLAG. I would not fly one!!!"
She says it's due to being a migrant pic.twitter.com/OripWtfpKr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 7, 2026