Congressional Republicans have a plan for Democrats’ repeated claim that White supremacists infest the Republican Party: silence.
Challenging accusations of racism and White supremacism is pointless because it won’t stop the name-calling, Republican lawmakers say, but sooner or later the Democrats will go too far.
Republican political strategists warned that Mr. Biggs and his colleagues are making a huge mistake.
Pushing back against accusations of racism is a stronger play, said Ford O’Connell, a Republican Party strategist.
“It’s a reasonable fear,” Mr. O’Connell said. “But I don’t think they understand how Democrats move the goal posts in this arbitrary narrative of White supremacy. Eventually, they are going to have to confront the White supremacy allegations head-on because if you allow Democrats to go on and on the public will continue to believe it.”
