Andrew Prokop

You know, in the old Trump administration, that would probably have gotten him fired. And it did eventually at first in the new Trump administration. But then he became a kind of cause celebre among the online right. J.D.

The idea that people who make racist posts online are on your team, that's part of the online right culture. They want to be allowed to say offensive, racist things. They think that woke censoriousness and groupthink went so far. You used to be able to say all kinds of things and now you can't anymore. You got to watch what you say. You might get canceled. And who are the people that are...

The idea that people who make racist posts online are on your team, that's part of the online right culture. They want to be allowed to say offensive, racist things. They think that woke censoriousness and groupthink went so far. You used to be able to say all kinds of things and now you can't anymore. You got to watch what you say. You might get canceled. And who are the people that are...

The idea that people who make racist posts online are on your team, that's part of the online right culture. They want to be allowed to say offensive, racist things. They think that woke censoriousness and groupthink went so far. You used to be able to say all kinds of things and now you can't anymore. You got to watch what you say. You might get canceled. And who are the people that are...

imposing this oppressive censorship. It's the media. It's progressives. They are the enemy. They are the enemy. And as you can see in what Vance said, you know, siding with the media is worse than trying to fire a racist from your government.

imposing this oppressive censorship. It's the media. It's progressives. They are the enemy. They are the enemy. And as you can see in what Vance said, you know, siding with the media is worse than trying to fire a racist from your government.

imposing this oppressive censorship. It's the media. It's progressives. They are the enemy. They are the enemy. And as you can see in what Vance said, you know, siding with the media is worse than trying to fire a racist from your government.

You write that these ideas have led to policies, actual policy that governs how you and me and every other American lives our lives. What policies would you point to here, Andrew?

You write that these ideas have led to policies, actual policy that governs how you and me and every other American lives our lives. What policies would you point to here, Andrew?

You write that these ideas have led to policies, actual policy that governs how you and me and every other American lives our lives. What policies would you point to here, Andrew?

I think probably one of the clearest examples of this influence of the online right was an executive order that Trump released in his first week which was anti-DEI and anti-affirmative action.

I think probably one of the clearest examples of this influence of the online right was an executive order that Trump released in his first week which was anti-DEI and anti-affirmative action.

I think probably one of the clearest examples of this influence of the online right was an executive order that Trump released in his first week which was anti-DEI and anti-affirmative action.

And the specifics of this order are noteworthy because it rolled back an executive order from all the way back in 1965 issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson that has stood since then, that what it essentially did was it required that federal contractors make efforts to employ more women and people of color, that they practice affirmative action. And

And the specifics of this order are noteworthy because it rolled back an executive order from all the way back in 1965 issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson that has stood since then, that what it essentially did was it required that federal contractors make efforts to employ more women and people of color, that they practice affirmative action. And

And the specifics of this order are noteworthy because it rolled back an executive order from all the way back in 1965 issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson that has stood since then, that what it essentially did was it required that federal contractors make efforts to employ more women and people of color, that they practice affirmative action. And

You know, every previous Republican president has let this stand. But in recent years, as the online right has been exploring various theories about wokeness, about how they could fight back against it, one of their theories was about this specific executive order on affirmative action. They said this needs to be reversed.

You know, every previous Republican president has let this stand. But in recent years, as the online right has been exploring various theories about wokeness, about how they could fight back against it, one of their theories was about this specific executive order on affirmative action. They said this needs to be reversed.

You know, every previous Republican president has let this stand. But in recent years, as the online right has been exploring various theories about wokeness, about how they could fight back against it, one of their theories was about this specific executive order on affirmative action. They said this needs to be reversed.

That has been the obsession of one particular writer on the online right for several years now. He's been hammering this drum again and again. His name is Richard Hanania. He argued that the roots of wokeness were in federal civil rights law and specifically in this affirmative action executive order and that –