Seattle wants to hide its homeless before the MLB All-Star Game
Zachary Faria
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Democratic-run cities do not care about homelessness until they get to host a prestigious event that will bring cameras and tourists to their streets. Instead of fixing the issue, many Democrats would rather push the homeless into a corner until everyone leaves and then go back to ignoring the problem.
Seattle is the latest offender. With bringing its MLB All-Star Game festivities to the city next week, Seattle has begun relocating homeless people and clearing encampments in and around the downtown areas of the city. According to Mayor Bruce Harrell’s spokeswoman, this has nothing to do with the impending All-Star Game. It’s all just a funny coincidence that the city happens to be targeting homeless encampments around the ballpark where the game will be played.
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Seattle is just following the trend of Democratic-run cities sweeping homelessness under the rug so prestigious events aren’t marred with the reality of daily life in the city. Los Angeles cleared out homeless camps around SoFi Stadium before the Super Bowl in 2022 as well as camps around the Oscars the year before. Sacramento did the same when the city hosted the Ironman California Race, and tourist traps such as Venice Beach have been sure to clear out camps that any tourists may happen to see in their visits to the city.
Seattle’s homeless cleanup probably will end in much the same way as those other cities ended theirs. The homeless will be kept away until all the baseball players and fans go back home, and then they will be free to set up encampments once again. Seattle will go back to ignoring them and shrugging off the overdose deaths, violence, and general health effects that accompany the homeless crisis.
Nothing will change because Democratic leaders in West Coast cities don’t act as if they care about homelessness until it becomes a stain on the prestigious events they get to host. That is why the problems have persisted in cities like Seattle for years and why they only coincidentally manage to clean up a little before big events arrive with a national audience.