![]() ![]() Previewing the event on Friday, South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson called the push by the “MAGA agenda” a “dog whistle” to some. Tulsi Gabbard, who left the Democratic Party last year, said her former party is being “driven by this motivation of cowardly wokeness” and has leaders who “advocate for the mutilation of children in the name of so called gender affirming care.” Mike Rogers, who told The Associated Press he would determine if he would seek the 2024 GOP presidential nomination by late spring or early summer - said “woke”-minded Washington politicians “are crushing the spirt of American educators and entrepreneurs and the American spirit.”įormer Rep. Leaving his biotech company following pressures for him “make a statement in favor of the Black Lives Matter movement,” Ramaswamy called at CPAC for “an opportunity for the conservative movement to rise to the occasion and fill that void with a vision of American national identity that runs so deep that it dilutes this woke poison to irrelevance.” He later launched his own firm intended to pressure companies to quit ESG initiatives.įormer Michigan Rep. At the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month, she said that “wokeness is a virus more dangerous than any pandemic, hands down.” On Saturday, Haley called transgender students competing in sports “the women’s issue of our time,” adding: “If we don’t stop all this woke ideology that’s happening in our schools, we will lose them.”įor Ramaswamy, being “anti-woke” is central to his political brand. Haley has adopted “strong and proud, not weak and woke” on yard signs, shirts and campaign stickers. Critics say the efforts are the latest example of the world trying to get “woke,” allocating money based on political agendas, like a drive against climate change, rather than on earning the best returns for savers.ĭeSantis wasn’t on stage in South Carolina, but Ramaswamy and Haley were. On Thursday, 19 Republican governors, including DeSantis and South Dakota’s Kristi Noem, another possible 2024 contender, signed a letter opposing the Biden administration’s support of a federal labor rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions. The debate has spilled over into the finance space, too. Ramaswamy, who entered the race this month, wrote a book on the topic, particularly as it pertains to business: “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam.” The catch-all label of “woke” is taking on a leading a role within the burgeoning GOP presidential contest, with candidate-in-waiting Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, emerging as a fierce opponent of policies designed to ensure equity when it comes to race, gender and public health. against what they perceive as affronts to conservative ways of life by efforts characterized as “woke.” It’s playing out in state-level debates over classroom instruction, gender-affirming care for minors and collegiate diversity programs. Asa Hutchinson saying that, to fight inflation, “we’ve got to bring the federal government under control.”īut, as anticipated, much of the focus was on the pushback by some across the U.S. ambassador, and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.Īs organizers expected, issues such as gas prices and national security got plenty of attention, with former Arkansas Gov. Several hundred attendees heard from presidential hopefuls, including Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor who was Donald Trump’s U.N. ![]() On Saturday in North Charleston, the group Palmetto Family, which lobbies for what it considers to be “biblical values,” hosted Vision ’24, described by organizers as “casting the conservative vision” for the next White House race. ![]() (AP) - Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race gathered in South Carolina this weekend with a goal at the forefront of their agenda: taking on “woke ideology.”
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