The battle over parental rights took center stage Saturday at the state Capitol in Olympia as several hundred people showed up in frigid rain to rally against what they claim are efforts by majority party Democrats to rewrite Initiative 2081.

Brandi Kruse, host of the “unDivided” podcast, called out the Democratic Party over its “unrelenting attacks on democracy.” Time and again the state’s citizens have used the initiative process as a check on the party in power, she said, yet time and again that party has sought to subvert the will of the people.

Hundreds of supporters for parental rights gathered on the north steps of the capitol in Olympia, Wa. on5, 2025. Sponsored by the Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP), Family Policy Institute of Washington and Let’s Go Washington organizations the rally was largely in response to proposed legislative bills HB 1296 and SB 5181 that have been advanced by a group of Democratic legislators.