A question. Which party played identity politics in the 2024 campaign? Donald Trump and the Republicans or Kamala Harris and the Democrats? Left-leaning pundits think they know.
Political consultant James Carville blamed Democrats’ defeat on their “stupid, Goddamn identitarian mission.” CNN anchor and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria argued that one of the big mistakes Harris made was “elevating identity politics.” New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd declared that “woke is broke.”