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Op-Ed: Ferguson Must Back ‘Stand Up to Trump’ Rhetoric with Funding

John Burbank (Guest Contributor) - November 08, 2025
On October 29th, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson addressed business leaders at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor conference in Seattle, signaling skepticism of raising taxes. Washington Roundtable president Rachel Smith interviewed him on stage. (Doug Trumm)

What is Governor Ferguson doing to stand up to the government shutdown? He did join the No Kings anti-Trump demonstration in Everett last month. The Governor vowed to “never, ever under any circumstances, bend the knee to this autocrat.”

The Governor also claimed to be leading the resistance: “I have good news, despite the challenges we’re facing in the country. No state in the country is doing more to stand up to this administration and this autocrat than Washington State.”

Besides attending protests, what is Ferguson doing while the Republican Congress refuses to fund food stamps for almost one million Washington residents and while Trump has cut Head Start funding for 4,000 children in our state? Thousands of federal employees in our state are either working without pay or laid off.