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There are many good reasons to oppose a Kamala presidency, chief of which are open borders, her support for disarming lawful citizens, and the fact that we can expect more anti-white diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies from the ultimate DEI hire. Further, foreign leaders would take her less seriously than even the average voter does.

Despite years of the GOP posturing as the party of “law and order,” the Trump campaign is now planning to criticize Kamala for being . . . too harsh on criminals. To be fair, there is a problem of widespread prosecutorial misconduct due to careerism. But once that careerism is combined with critical race theory (CRT), the system tends to treat blacks and other victim groups with kid gloves while throwing the book at “The Great White Defendant,” as explained by Tom Wolfe in The Bonfire of the Vanities.

The reason for attacking Kamala for being tough on crime is to court black and other non-white votes. This is in line with the statement of Trump’s senior campaign manager, Susie Wile, a few weeks ago when she said that “[f]or every Karen we lose, we’re going to win a Jamal and an Enrique” as part of a party realignment.

There’s no reason to think that this Republican pandering will win many non-white votes. How do they suppose most non-whites will even hear of it? Does Trump plan to do a rap video?

The sad truth, though, is that this posturing is in fact targeted at white voters, because moderates, liberals, and a lamentable portion of conservatives have the slavish desire not to be called “racist.” But in today’s highly polarized electorate, there’s a real danger that too much Republican pandering to minorities will lose far more votes than it will gain.

A Homeland Institute poll conducted in the summer of 2023 found that 42.6% of white Republicans were less likely to vote for a politician accused of being racist, compared to 79% who were less likely to vote for a politician accused of being woke. Additionally, 7.2% of Republican respondents said they were more likely to vote for a politician who is accused of being racist.

Thus, among Republican voters a charge of going woke is almost twice as damaging as being accused of being racist, and for some white Republicans being accused of racism functioned more as a badge of honor than as a scarlet letter.

A lot has changed over the past year, so the Homeland Institute is repeating this poll. It is likely that wokeness will be even more damaging.

It is inevitable that the Trump campaign will be accused of racism, no matter what they do. But it is not inevitable that they will have the far more damaging charge of wokeness leveled at them — unless they shamelessly pander to minorities, of course.

I myself will certainly be accusing them of going woke.

Why are Donald Trump and so many of the GOP acting like this? The biggest reason is that they sincerely believe that nothing is worse for a white person than being called a “racist.” They are happy to pander to non-white identity politics. But at the same time they fear anything that smacks of white identity politics. This is foolish, because increasing numbers of white voters are rejecting the idea of white guilt, recognizing that we live in an anti-white system and believing that it is morally correct for whites to organize politically to protect their interests. The GOP, however, will do absolutely nothing to court such voters. Furthermore, there are undoubtedly elements within the uniparty for whom squashing white identity politics is a higher priority than winning elections.

Now, however, we have hard evidence that there is something worse for Republicans than being called racist: being called woke. It is therefore time to call a halt to such disgusting pandering as the “Platinum Plan.”

The Republicans’ white base is tired of being taken for granted by them while they simultaneously pander to non-whites, centrists, and libtards. When this pandering crosses the line into wokeness, it will begin costing the Republicans votes. As more white Americans become race conscious, it will be increasingly irrelevant whether Team Red or Team Blue wins — so long as both are opposed to Team White.