About 21 percent of King County voters cast their votes for Donald Trump. Our overwhelmingly Democratic area is going to need time to process a shock this big. Here are five ways that work continues this week:
Seattle Trump supporter calls for conversation across party lines
KING 5Seattle’s Kathryn Serkes, founder of “Women Vote Trump,” urged Seattleites with different political opinions to talk to each other. “You have Trump supporters in your circle. You probably just didn’t know it, because they’ve probably been afraid to say something,” Serkes told Natalie Brand of KING 5. She added: “We will raise holy hell if there's overstepping and the stepping on of people's civil liberties. We're pretty noisy.”
Seven true blue ways to survive Trump in Seattle
CrosscutCrosscut’s Knute Berger has “Seven true blue ways to survive Trump,” including remembering that Seattle’s residents “come from people who were undaunted, individualistic, creative.”
Fear in the homeless shelter: 'Trump is going to deport me'
The Seattle GlobalistMamoudou, a homeless Seattleite who immigrated to America from the Ivory Coast for better opportunities, told Sarah Stuteville of The Seattle Globalist that he believes Trump will deport him, and that maybe he never should have come in the first place.
Jeff Bezos email reaffirms commitment to 'tolerance and diversity'
GeekWireAn Amazon employee emailed CEO Jeff Bezos on behalf of workers who belong to the company’s ethnic and gender diversity groups, and Jeff replied, assuring them that “nothing will change” the company’s commitment to “equal rights, tolerance, and diversity.” GeekWire has more.
'Subway therapy' project takes over Capitol Hill light rail station
KING 5Seattleites are putting their frustrations, fears, and hopes on sticky notes at the Capitol Hill light rail station in a kind of “subway therapy.” KING 5 has video.