State Profile
Part of the special report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right “People’s Rights” Network.
Overview
People’s Rights Washington has 12 area assistants for 9 areas and 5325 members, the largest subunits being Area 2S with 1119 members, and Area 4 with 1071. The Washington chapter also has one statewide Facebook group and 9 additional area Facebook groups. The statewide Facebook group has 1746 members while membership in the area groups ranges from 383 in Area 8, to 212 and 204 in Areas 3 and 4, respectively, to 19 in Area 7.[1]
Along with Idaho People’s Rights, Washington has been one of the most active chapters. The group has been especially active in southern Washington where, among other activities, Kelli Stewart has joined forces with Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson to press the Clark County sheriff and other local public officials around COVID-19 related issues.[2]
All told, beginning in at least May People’s Rights Washington, area chapters or leaders mobilized around various COVID-19 related issues multiple times – including holding events in May in Tacoma, Battle Ground, Camas, and twice in Vancouver; in June in Vancouver; in July in Deer Park, Tacoma, twice in Spokane, and three times in Vancouver; and in August in Vancouver and twice Spokane, including once outside the home of a Spokane County Regional Health District doctor.[3]
In August, People’s Rights Washington Area 8 held a meet-and-greet event in Spokane and a “Justice for Sean Anderson rally outside the Spokane County Jail.[4]
15
Areas
547
Members
4,133
Facebook Members
State Leader
Kelli Stewart
Anti-Masker, Anti-Vaxxer, Militia Supporter
While Kelli Stewart is officially listed as a Washington State Area 4 Assistant in People’s Rights, she plays an outsized role in the region and has helped build southern Washington into one of the group’s strongest areas. Stewart’s activism has included organizing efforts in Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. Stewart’s involvement in Ammon Bundy’s networks extends back to shortly after he led the 2016 armed occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Area Leaders
Below are the People’s Right’s Washington area leaders. Click on any of the photos below for more detailed individual profile information, including the leader’s location, other far-right groups to which they belong, and notable Facebook likes.
Location: Lynden, Washington
Notable Group Memberships: ReopenWA, REOPEN AMERICA
Location: Ferndale, Washington
Notable Group Memberships: Protest Washington State Covid19 lockdown, No Mandatory Masks For Kids in ANY Washington State Schools.
Notable Group Memberships: Reopen Washington State, WA Patriots A.R. 2, AR2 Patriot Network, Washington State Militia, WA Patriots A.R. 2.
Notable Facebook Likes: Montana Militia, III%ers.
Location: Camas, Washington
Notable Group Memberships: Open Washington Now, Anti-Maskers, Open Oregon, Washington State Militia, Washington Three Percent.
Notable Group Memberships: Defend Hermiston & Eastern Oregon, Washingtonians Against (Excessive) Quarantine - WAQ American Patriot 3% SE WA State, Constitutional Patriots of Walla Walla, LFA III% Washington.
Location: Battle Ground, Washington.
Notable Group Memberships: Put your $$ where your mask is. Freedom Friendly Businesses!!
Notable Group Memberships: Reopen USA, ReopenWA, Stand Up For Freedom, Americans for COVID-19 Truth, Against Quarantine of the healthy, Reopening and Unmasking WA State Schools, Open Washington| Oregon| California| Nevada And Colorado, No Mandatory Masks For Kids in ANY Washington State Schools.
Notable Group Memberships: ReopenWA, C.U.R.E. - Citizens United for Reopening the Economy
Location: Kirkland, Washington.
Notable Group Memberships: Reopen Washington State Churches, STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS, Reopen Washington Action Network, Re-Open America, The Heirs of Patrick Henry Northwest
State Area Map
The map below depicts the People’s Rights state areas. Scrolling over an area on the map will show the number of People’s Rights members in that area.
State Activities
08/21/2020
Meeting - "Clark County WA Homeschool Resource and Support Event"
Vancouver, WA
08/13/2020
Area 8 - Signature Gathering
Spokane, WA
08/01/2020
Area 8 - Meeting
Spokane, WA
07/29/2020
Area 8 - Rally - "Justice for Sean Anderson"
Spokane, WA
07/19/2020
Area 5 - Rally - "TriCities Surge Freedom Rally"
Kennewick, WA
07/19/2020
Area 8 - Protest - "Protest at the house of Dr. Bob Lutz"
Spokane, WA
07/11/2020
Area 8 - Picnic - "Support Evening Light Lavender Farmz"
Deer Park, WA
07/10/2020
State Rally - "Stop Separating the Sick from their Advocates"
Tacoma, WA
07/09/2020
State Rally - "Civilian Thrown in Jail for having COVID"
Spokane, WA
07/09/2020
State Rally - "Exposing the Clark County Health Dept COVID SCAM"
Vancouver, WA
07/03/2020
State Protest - "VPD Protest, calling for charges to be dismissed against Pet Biz"
Vancouver, WA
07/03/2020
Protest - "Unmasked Shopping Event"
Spokane, WA
05/24/2020
State Rally - "Support our Battle Ground Small Business Part 2"
Battle Ground, WA
05/16/2020
State Rally - "Open Camas Washington"
Camas, WA
05/04/2020
State Rally - "Reopen Clark County"
Vancouver, WA
05/01/2020
State Rally - "Open Washington Clark County courthouse event"
Vancouver, WA
05/01/2020
State Rally - "Jay Inslee, you've been served"
Tacoma, WA
NOTES
[1] People’s Rights Washington Group. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/522054088465214/; People’s Rights Washington Area 3. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Area3PeoplesRightsWashington/; Area 4 People’s Rights Washington. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/705535420014339/; People’s Rights Washington Area 7. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/291642262028636/. All accessed October 7, 2020.
[2] Tanner, Chuck and Burghart, Devin. “Far Right, Militia to Press Clark County Sheriff to Join Reopen Cause.” Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. June 22, 2020. https://irehr.org/2020/06/22/far-right-militia-to-press-clark-county-sheriff-to-join-reopen-cause/.
[3] Civilian thrown in jail for having COVID, Spokane WA. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/320156849021632/; Drive-thru signing for I-1114 & I-1109. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/631692297759165/; Protest at the House of Dr. Bob Lutz. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/764268524400832/; Support Evening Light Lavender Farm. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/1330911680432712/; Clark County WA Homeschool Resource and Support Event. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/2400724510231098/; Stop separating the sick their advocates. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/593879081562405/; Exposing the Clark County Health Dept COVID SCAM. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/2707454296210517/; VPD Protest, calling for charges to be dismissed against Pet Biz. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/273305427448108/; Unmasked Shopping Event. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/489359225196372/; Free Kelly Carroll. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/266455807961305/; WA Mask Mandate, My body My Choice, I Will Not Comply. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/314817226188283/; Support our Battle Ground Small Business Part 2. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/1565983293561107/; Open Camas Washington. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/231711461607868/; Reopen Clark County. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/260322618457093/; Open Washington clrk County courthouse event. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/862853594229128/; Jay Inslee, you’ve been served. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/782540012154702/.
[4] Area 8 Meet & Greet BBQ. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/676298566282857/; Justice for Sean Anderson – Release Police Footage. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/569290377288308/
Ammon's Army
Inside the Far-Right People's Rights Network
A Special Report of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and the Montana Human Rights Network
Copyright © 2020. Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights.