Rantz: UW Seattle hit with Title IX complaint for letting radicals shut down conservative event
Feb 14, 2025, 4:55 AM | Updated: 5:40 am

After Antifa agitators effectively forced UW students with Turning Point USA to cancel their event, the school partially blamed the victims, Rantz writes. (Image courtesy of Turning Point USA, UW and Evergreen)
(Image courtesy of Turning Point USA, UW and Evergreen)
Officials at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle sat by as violent Antifa radicals forced student members of the campus Turning Point USA to cancel an event focused on women’s rights. Now the UW faces a Title IX complaint under a Trump administration that has vowed to take these kinds of complaints more seriously.
Olivia Krolczyk from the Riley Gaines Center was scheduled to speak to students at an event titled, 鈥淧rotect Women from Men: The Threat of the Trans Agenda鈥 on January 21, 2025. However, approximately 200 left-wing students and outside agitators prevented the event from taking place. She said she was eventually “instructed by police officers to dress in a police uniform they provided in order to disguise herself” for her own safety, according to the Title IX complaint Krolczyk provided to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.
The activists, some dressed in black bloc, an all-black outfit that is worn by Antifa to conceal their identity so that police cannot follow up with citations or arrests, surrounded the hall where the event was taking place. Someone pulled a fire alarm in the building. Others banged on the windows and door of the room where the event was being held. Others shined bright lights into the room, while another shattered a window by throwing a noise maker through it. The interior of the hall was vandalized with graffiti.
As the chaos was unfolding, neither UW Police nor UW security staff intervened, and the event had to be canceled.
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What is alleged in the Title IX complaint against UW?
In her Title IX complaint, Krolczyk is alleging sex-based discrimination by UW officials and students. She is asking the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate.
Krolczyk says an official UW Instagram account labeled her “transphobic,” while offering students counseling from a “queer counselor.” She said this “set the stage for the hostile environment that followed.”
“As the event started, the protestors鈥 actions became increasingly aggressive,” the UW Title IX complaint states. “Police officers were stationed at each door, as protesters began banging on the doors, shouting insults, and calling Ms. Krolczyk names such as ‘Nazi’ and ‘fascist.’ Ms. Krolczyk felt trapped. She was being held hostage in the room, with no safe way to exit due to the violent actions of the protesters. The police suggested that she end the event for safety reasons, though she insisted on waiting for the protest to calm so that she could give her speech. Unfortunately, the violence only escalated.”
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UW tried to blame the victims for being targeted by Antifa thugs
The Title IX complaint against UW concludes by criticizing a statement the university released the day after staff allowed harassment against Krolczyk and conservative students.
The statement effectively blamed Krolczyk for being targeted by violent Antifa activists and took a quote of hers out of context to imply she was “excited” that the event was shut down. It even appeared to frame her as聽尘辞谤别听responsible than the lawbreakers who destroyed property in order to intimidate Krolczyk into canceling the event.
“These statements were not only inaccurate but deeply insulting to her. They belittled Ms. Krolczyk鈥檚 intent to have a peaceful and meaningful conversation about women鈥檚 rights. The University鈥檚 comments implied that Ms. Krolczyk was somehow to blame for the violence and disruption, instead of condemning the actions of those who actively engaged in a hostile environment to Ms. Krolczyk,” the Title IX complaint against UW explains.
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Whether it’s a Title IX complaint or something else, UW should be held accountable
UW is not unique in campus faculty are far-left. They often express little to no concern for radicals who break laws or student policies when it’s for a left-wing cause. They do not involve themselves in any meaningful way until they see no other option.
This campus is also particularly hostile to conservatives. In the past, the administration has not been shy about criticizing political points that conservative students make while asserting its own progressive identity. And given the UW administration’s hostility towards Jews by embracing antisemitic student activism, it’s about time that the campus faces serious investigation for its misconduct.
“It is critical that educational institutions foster an environment where all students and invited guests can freely express their views without fear of retaliation or censorship,” Krolczyk explained in a statement to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “The University of Washington鈥檚 treatment of my views and failure to support free speech, particularly on the topic of protecting women’s sports, is an infringement on my rights. I filed this complaint to ensure that the University upholds its responsibility to protect free speech for all speakers, regardless of their views or the controversy of the topics they raise. I would like to encourage students and speakers to begin taking action when these situations arise, otherwise, they’ll continue to snowball and nothing will change.”
Activist administrators will never truly change unless you force them to. The only way they will feel forced is if their jobs are on the line. An investigation that brings disrepute to the school and threatens federal financial assistance may be just enough to change the anti-conservative culture at the UW, making the Title IX complaint long overdue.
UW spokesperson weighs in
A UW spokesperson provided the following statement:
We have not, to my knowledge, received formal notice of a complaint having been filed and therefore cannot comment on any specifics about one. We would, of course, cooperate with any investigation and provide factual information and responses.
Protesters were present and disruptive on January 21. However, UW police and third-party security were on hand, inside and outside the building. UWPD controlled access into the building and to the event space. The majority of protestors stayed outside the building. Unfortunately, a fire alarm was pulled approximately one hour before the event’s advertised start time and protestors broke one window and dropped at least one “personal noisemaker” device inside in an attempt to disrupt the event. The speaker 鈥 after a phone conversation with someone she referred to as her manager or tour promoter 鈥 made the decision to cancel the event. At no point did police suggest or imply that the event could not go on safely. UW police officers 鈥 who were wearing standard uniforms, not 鈥渞iot gear,鈥 as has been reported elsewhere 鈥 helped coordinate her exit from the room and the building. At the end of that week, the speaker sent UW police a gift cake to thank them for keeping her safe. Ethics standards prohibit police from accepting such gifts and the cake was shared with Tent City 3.
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