When it comes to wokeism, media come up with most fanciful theory of all

When it comes to judging the Republican electorate, no topic confuses the chattering classes more than “wokeism."

Terry Schilling (@Schilling1776) is the executive director of American Principles Project, a conservative nonprofit group dedicated to putting human dignity at the heart of public policy.

But now they’ve come up with the most fanciful theory of all: the backlash against wokeism in schools is ending. They imagine Republicans don’t even care about wokeism, that the issue is dying away, and that we can steer clear of the vexing topic altogether. They assert that GOP leaders will go back to talking about the deficit or some other mundane topic and leave the "experts" to worry about what their children are learning.

This — seriously — is the conclusion of a number of columns over the past month, from The New York Times, Business Insider, and Vox, to name just a few. All argue that, as Vox puts it, "Republican voters don’t really care for the war on woke." Voters are tired, they claim, of hearing about gender, race, schools, and everything in between.