Protesters to rally in Lacey Aug. 16 against Trump’s redistricting ‘power grab’
The progressive Olympia Indivisible group is hosting a Saturday “peaceful sign wave” to protest President Donald Trump’s aggressive redistricting push.
The rally will be held Aug. 16 from noon to 2 p.m. on Sleater-Kinney Road Southeast near the Interstate 5 overpass in Lacey, according to a news release announcing the event. It’s part of a day of “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests cropping up nationwide in response to Republican efforts to redraw congressional-district lines in Texas.
Trump has urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deliver five GOP-winnable House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms — with some blue-state leaders now vowing to reply in kind.
Olympia Indivisible is slamming Trump’s move as a naked, unconstitutional “power grab.”
Organizer Lexi Johnson said the president is afraid that MAGA won’t retain control in 2026.
“He knows people are angry about his ‘Big Bad Bill’ that cuts Medicaid and food stamps, gives massive tax breaks for billionaires, and adds trillions to the debt,” Johnson said in the news release. “People won’t vote for that.”
Saturday’s rally is the latest in a series of Washington state demonstrations against Trump 2.0.
Protesters will sing songs, hold signs and “make noise to warn of Trump’s autocratic intentions that threaten democracy,” Olympia Indivisible wrote in the release. Food donations will benefit the Thurston Food Bank.
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