The Republican Party has latched on to 'awoke' — because it has nothing else
The Republican Party has decided to make "woke" its public enemy No. 1, weaponizing the word against its political opponents.
Republicans have latched on to "woke" out of necessity. They know they need something, or someone, to blame — and fast — for President Biden's popularity and their own failings. This is especially critical now that Republicans have come under fire from some smart people in their own party for sticking with Trump.
Former president George W. Bush went first, saying that if the Republican Party stands for "exclusivity" and "white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, then it's not going to win anything." Last month, during an interview with NBC’' "Today," Bush said today's GOP is "isolationist, protectionist and to a certain extent nativist."