In March 2023, a group of House Republicans launched a new Anti-Woke Caucus to “root out all far-left political programs from the federal government”—including those focused on ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, in both hiring and workplace practices. The group wants to “protect taxpayer’s from being forced to fund woke and divisive ideologies.”Rep.
But it also has real-world implications that conflict with the positions of other Republican interest groups.In contrast, the Anti-Woke Caucus includes members who are willing to work with party leaders and only want to focus on a single cause: exposing and eliminating programs it considers “far-left” or too progressive throughout the federal government.The first action the caucus undertook last year was to endorse the Fairness, Anti-discrimination, and Individual Rights Act sponsored by Rep.