The upcoming Presidential primary will likely pit Donald Trump’s and J. D. Vance’s rural white nationalism against the “anti-woke” educational crusade led by figures like Ron DeSantis, jaycaspiankang writes.
These spaces might draw the attention of the media—Princeton, New Jersey, and Palo Alto, California, have been the focal points of countless education fights not so much because they have some unique, oracular power over the future of education but because they are filled with rich people with a great deal of influence—but that doesn’t necessarily translate into actual votes come election time. There’s a reason that no Presidential candidate in my lifetime, other than George W.
More than anything, “anti-wokeness” has created a smoke screen of supposed cultural principles that allow the establishment to feel comfortable with a candidate who likely will protect business interests without inviting the potential chaos of a Trump Presidency. DeSantis is the candidate for people who would rather talk about drag shows that they’ll never attend than question whether Norfolk Southern should have to pay large settlements to every resident of East Palestine.
What should concern DeSantis and his fellow-crusaders is that what Trump and Vance are tapping into is much more real. The people of East Palestine are powerless against corporate interests, not because they’re “a little too white,” as Vance suggested, but because they are poor. The past seven years have taught us that the contradictions of the G.O.P.’s populism do not matter to its core constituents.
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