With election results approaching, KIRO host Spike O’Neill believes incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s response to a question regarding public safety was his undoing.

“I think ‘hangry-gate,’ if we can call it that, that was Bruce Harrell’s undoing,” Spike said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “In the debate, that question, a man’s been locked up eight times … it’s such a foot in mouth answer.”

During a debate, Harrell was asked his stance on repeat offenders.

“If somebody has offended six, seven, eight times, even if it’s a minor offense, but they continue to fail to turn their life around—at what point do you balance public safety, to giving this person some accountability?” the moderator asked.

“I was one that sponsored the Ban the Box legislation because the cr

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