{"id":2650369,"date":"2026-08-27T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-racial-grievances-are-just-a-cynical-grift\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:39:25","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-racial-grievances-are-just-a-cynical-grift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-racial-grievances-are-just-a-cynical-grift\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats&#8217; Racial Grievances Are Just A Cynical Grift"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-racial-grievances-are-just-a-cynical-grift%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2650369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In November 2012, Debbie Wasserman Schultz declared that the new Congress was becoming more diverse, with increased representation of minorities and women. Though, by 2026, she shifted districts in Florida to improve her chances of re-election, even moving into a majority-minority district that has been represented by Black Democrats as the 1990s. This move was criticized for hypocrisy and perceived as opportunistic political manipulation that undermines racial representation, drawing criticism from fellow Democrats and national party leaders. Critics argue that Wasserman Schultz&#8217;s actions highlight how racial and identity politics are often exploited for personal gain rather than genuine pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n<p>The article discusses how prominent Democrats have publicly condemned systemic and structural racism but often act in ways that contradict those principles when politically expedient. The left\u2019s focus on grievance narratives, such as white supremacy and systemic racism, is portrayed as a cynical strategy to gain power and profit, exemplified by figures like Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi,and Patrice Cullors,who have accumulated wealth through racial activism and diversity industry consulting. Despite claims of fighting for marginalized communities, Democratic politicians frequently prioritize political survival over authentic commitment to racial or social justice advancements.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the piece argues that the left\u2019s emphasis on racial grievance is more about political grifting than about true justice, with many benefiting financially from the narratives.Debbie Wasserman Schultz\u2019s district shift exemplifies this hypocrisy, demonstrating that ideological consistency is often sacrificed for electoral advantage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In November 2012, then Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2012\/11\/claire-mccaskill-emilys-list-celebrate-womens-wins-in-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> of the newly elected Congress: \u201cThey [Republicans] got whiter and more male, and we now have a majority minority and female caucus for the first time in history.\u201d Fourteen years later, Wasserman Schultz, currently a representative for Florida\u2019s 25th congressional district \u2014 a district whose boundaries were shifted earlier this year \u2014 has shifted to campaign in another, neighboring Florida district. In the supremest of ironies, it is not only majority-minority (49 percent black), but has been represented by black Democrats since the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Wasserman Schultz\u2019s decision to change districts to increase her chances of staying in Congress \u2014 soundly defeating the competition, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/18\/us-news\/rep-debbie-wasserman-schultz-wins-florida-house-primary-over-indicted-dem-sheila-cherfilis-mccormick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scandal-ridden Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick<\/a> on Aug. 18 \u2014 not only presents a remarkably blatant example of the former DNC Chair\u2019s hypocrisy, but proof positive that leftist propaganda about racial ideology will always take a backseat to politics. Whether the grifting is of a racial or gender bent, the woke objective has never been about justice, but the cynical exploitation of the language of \u201cdiversity\u201d to secure political dominance.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Even Democrats Sniffed A Florida Scam<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The hypocrisy of Wasserman Schultz shifting districts to represent a majority-minority district was not lost upon black Democrats there, especially given <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/congressional-black-caucus-lose-seats-amid-redistricting-fight\/story?id=132965013&#038;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysts expect<\/a> the number of black lawmakers will decrease after the midterm election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been an ally, but suddenly it\u2019s feeling more like she\u2019s using the familiarity she\u2019s built against us,\u201d Corey Shearer, president of Broward County\u2019s Black Democratic Caucus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/08\/17\/florida-debbie-wasserman-schultz-tries-win-heavily-black-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently told the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of Florida\u2019s fifteen elected DNC members, ten of them signed a statement declaring that Wasserman Schultz was \u201ctreating one of Florida\u2019s few remaining majority-Black districts as a political opportunity.\u201d The statement added: \u201cWe cannot claim to defend voting rights, racial justice, and representation while undermining Black political power when it becomes politically convenient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wasserman Schultz\u2019s opportunistic political play even elicited criticism from national party leaders. House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to endorse her, describing \u201cthe sensitivities of the moment in terms of an unprecedented Jim Crow-like assault on Black political representation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Yvette D. Clarke in turn explained: \u201cWe had a conversation \u2026. Encouragement was not a part of that conversation.\u201d The liberal <em>American Prospect<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/2026\/06\/05\/debbie-downer-wasserman-schultz-florida-house-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a> Wasserman Schultz as \u201clily-white\u201d and attacked her for \u201cparachut[ing] into a race alongside four viable Black candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Left Attacks \u2018Structural Racism\u2019 \u2026 Until It\u2019s Inconvenient<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wasserman Schultz will probably win the heavily Democratic FL-20 in November \u2014 her Republican opponent Brent Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/flvoicenews.com\/brent-anderson-wins-gop-nomination-in-floridas-20th-congressional-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has raised<\/a> far less money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00385773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">than<\/a> her, and of the district\u2019s registered voters, more than 55 percent of them are Democrats. That her likely victory is in direct contradiction with her own remarks on the racial composition of Congress (let alone the <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/a-coalition-built-to-win\/\">broader platform of her party<\/a>) obviously illuminates Wasserman Schultz\u2019s hypocrisy. But it also demonstrates that for as much as the left foregrounds race as the most important political issue of our time, the reality is that even the woke ideologues will always prioritize political power over ideological consistency.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 presidential election, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/statement-vice-president-joe-biden-the-shooting-jacob-blake-kenosha-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserted<\/a>: \u201cwe must dismantle systemic racism;\u201d his running mate Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/democratic-national-convention-day-3-48fiyh\/\">condemned<\/a> the \u201cstructural racism\u201d of the United States. In 2022, Hakeem Jeffries, who is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/27\/2028-democratic-presidential-power-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potential contender<\/a> for the Democratic presidential nomination, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/house-dem-caucus-chair-hakeem-144717622.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demanded<\/a> the nation \u201caddress the poison of white supremacy,\u201d a poison that supposedly affected \u201cthe whole country.\u201d Earlier, this year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/watch-aoc-leaves-door-open-2028-white-house-bid-maybe-maybe\">short list<\/a> for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/file?id=3378826&#038;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opined<\/a>: \u201cIf you are in this country and you are not Black, you benefit from a system of white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the left is beholden to grievance narratives antithetical to American history, identity, and our constitutional order. As much as offering obeisance to those narratives rallies the base or presents a means of tarring conservatives as racist, fascist defenders of the patriarchy, liberals exploit them for political advantage. But when they don\u2019t, or even undermine their grasp on power\u2026 well, that\u2019s how we get Debbie \u201cDowner\u201d Wasserman Schultz claiming: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to lose the power and experience I have for Broward.\u201d (Or Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/transcript\/2020-05-28-msna1362721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaints<\/a> about \u201c400 years worth of institutionalized racism\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/transcript\/2020-06-30-msna1372536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demanding<\/a> \u201cmassive structural change\u201d to American cities, was last year elected to a third term.)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Call The Grievance Narratives What They Are: A Grift<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All of this shows that the grievance narratives so central to the left\u2019s messaging are a cynical con intended to empower and enrich at the expense of America\u2019s already fraying social fabric. Indeed, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/21\/women-account-for-28-of-lawmakers-in-the-119th-congress-unchanged-from-the-last-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this current Congress<\/a>, women comprise a minority (42 percent) of Democrat representatives, while non-whites are also a minority of Democrat congressmen and women (45 percent). For all of the talk of structural racism and the patriarchy, Dems seem certainly content to \u201cperpetuate\u201d both by voting for men and whites when it is politically advantageous.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly there is a long list of grievance grifters who have made millions off these narratives, among them Robin DiAngelo of <em>White Fragility<\/em> notoriety, Ibram X. Kendi who <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/the-wages-of-woke-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly charges<\/a> $25,000 for a single-hour presentation, or Black Lives Matter\u2019s Patrice Cullors, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/best-of-the-week\/2022\/blm-founder-and-purchase-of-compound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">purchased<\/a> a $6 million Los Angeles-area property with the money she raised for the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The DEI consultancy industry alone is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verifiedmarketreports.com\/product\/diversity-inclusion-consulting-service-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiseguyreports.com\/reports\/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-consulting-service-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generate<\/a> at least $5 billion annually. \u201cDEI initiatives play a crucial role in uplifting historically persecuted or marginalized communities and providing pathways to success for countless numbers of students,\u201d Wasserman Schultz <a href=\"https:\/\/wassermanschultz.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3148&#038;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Floridians in FL-25 will likely have Ms. Wasserman Schultz to represent them and advocate on behalf of \u201cmarginalized communities.\u201d As she herself told the <em>Washington Post<\/em>: \u201cYou want to make sure that you have someone who knows the communities and knows their values, who has delivered for them and knows how to fight for them.\u201d Or you can remember her racial remarks from 2012, and note that her victory will ensure a \u201cwhiter\u201d Congress.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Casey Chalk is a senior contributor at The Federalist and an editor and columnist at The New Oxford Review. He is a regular contributor at many publications and the author of three books, including the upcoming &#8220;Wisdom From the Cross: How Jesus\u2019 Seven Last Words Teach Us How to Live (and Die)&#8221; (Sophia Institute Press, 2026).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wasserman Schultz shifts districts, exposing political hypocrisy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":2650370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6058549554_b9c82d0cf2_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,57198,45281,43639,84739],"class_list":["post-2650369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-grift-2","tag-partisan-politics","tag-political-manipulation","tag-racial-grievances"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6058549554_b9c82d0cf2_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650372,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650369\/revisions\/2650372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}