The Republican Party is currently a party that is angry — and I think they are justifiably angry on a number of scores.
One of the things the Republican Party is angry about is hearing about racial divisions. They’ve been lectured since Barack Obama ran for president in 2007 that America was coming close to racial unity, only to have that ripped away from them and watch as everybody retreated back into tribalistic corners.
That is how we wound up with Critical Race Theory, DEI, and “equity” from the Biden administration.
So when Republicans hear from any members of the Republican Party how America is a place that was replete with discrimination even 20 or 30 years ago, they tend to think, “I’m not sure the person who’s saying that is the person I want fighting this fight today.” Not that people are lying about their experiences of 20 or 30 years ago, but if you point…
