https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/20/gop-not-prepared-fight-great-awokening-sen-hawley-says
“The Republican Party must move to higher ground,” Hawley said. “It’s not enough to fight DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] and woke corporations. We must actively fight for the working-class Americans.”
Recognizing that the GOP has been ill-equipped to fight the culture wars is a step-forward, but this closing quote is a mish-mash of old thinking and language, and, actually, has it backwards. That is, it is not enough to” fight for the middle-class” as this is an economic argument. The GOP’s fight against slavery was never fought on economic grounds. It was always fought, whether by the abolitionists in general or someone such as Lincoln in particular. The GOP must re-learn the language of the Declaration and abolition which were fought on the basis of right and wrong. No more hiding behind the skirts of economics and utility.