Seattle socialist mayor mocked for ‘irony’ as residents build walls to stop out of control shootings

By Fox News · Fox News

Seattle democratic socialist Mayor Katie Wilson is being mocked online over the "irony" of residents in the blue-run city erecting barrier walls in a desperate attempt to stop out-of-control shootings. Just months after Wilson took office in Seattle, terrified residents in the city’s Aurora Avenue corridor decided to take matters into their own hands to address near-nightly shootings believed to be connected to criminal turf wars, prostitution and illegal trafficking. After weeks of gang-related shootings and high-speed car chases, some residents spent Memorial Day weekend blocking off their own streets using metal planters, dirt, gravel, logs and chunks of concrete. The barricades were set up to block at least three streets leading into the neighborhood. Though such artifices could incur fines, one resident named Peter Orr told KTVB 7 , "It’s either this, or bullets in my neighbor’s houses." News of the neighborhood barricades in Seattle has garnered scorn for Wilson’s policies online. TERRIFIED RESIDENTS IN CRIME-PLAGUED BLUE CITY THROW UP GIANT BARRICADES TO STOP CHAOS Among these was conservative commentator Paul Szypula, who wrote on X, "The Irony is Undeniable." "When progressive policies result in neighborhoods literally barricading themselves off… that says everything," he wrote, adding, "What should Seattle leaders be doing so residents don’t feel forced to do this?" Popular conservative account Libs of TikTok mocked, "Seattle residents are now building WALLS on their blocks to keep out criminals." Commentator Eric Daugherty posted, "Furious blue city residents in Seattle are now building their OWN BARRICADES to BLOCK streets because shootings are so high Omg. This is MADNESS." "The socialist mayor is IGNORING IT," he added. "BLUE CITIES ARE COOKED!" Constitutional analyst Jonathan Turley wrote, "Nothing says socialism more than citizen barricades." DEM WHO WELCOMED SOCIALIST MAYOR'S 'CHANGE' NOW SOUNDING ALARM OVER BILLIONAIRE EXODUS: 'GRAVELY CONCERNED'…