Socialist mayor-elect reveals why she embraced her parents giving her money as a 43-year-old
Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson, 43, said now that she has been elected mayor and is earning more money as a result, she no longer needs to ask her parents for...
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Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson, 43, said now that she has been elected mayor and is earning more money as a result, she no longer needs to ask her parents for help to pay the bills. Wilson, who recently told CNN that she thought embracing the help she got from her parents made her more "relatable" to Seattle voters, quipped on social media that "after much deliberation and a grueling interview process" she was "pleased" to announce that her higher salary as mayor will mean she no longer needs financial support from her parents. During Wilson's campaign, she credited her parents' financial support for allowing her to run. "My opponent's campaign and the corporate PAC that tried to stop my election certainly cast it as a negative thing," Wilson responded when asked whether she thought people in Seattle saw her parents' financial support as a negative or a positive. MEET THE SOCIALIST MAMDANI-STYLE MAYOR JUST ELECTED TO RUN WEST COAST'S 5TH LARGEST CITY "Campaigning for office is stressful," Wilson continued. "Seattle is one of the most expensive cities in the country, our childcare is off-the-charts expensive, and honestly I think that a lot of people of my generation, and younger, and older, found it very relatable that during this stressful campaign my parents chipped in to help pay for the cost of their granddaughter's daycare." Wilson added that it isn't unusual for parents to help their children with money, but also noted that she recognized her "privilege." "You know, families help each other out and I certainly acknowledge that I'm lucky to be in a position where my parents were able to do that – not all families have that privilege," Wilson said. "And that's why I'm going to fight for affordable childcare and affordable housing for every family in this city." Wilson said during her campaign that the cost of childcare was about $2,200 per month for her and her reportedly unemployed husband. Wilson did not share precisely how much her parents contributed duri…