Blame the US Chamber of Commerce for Woke Turn

The Chamber of Commerce is supposed to be pro-business.

Since Congress came back into session, much of the focus in Republican circles has centered on whether Kevin McCarthy and other top party officials should remain in their leadership positions this year.

The conservative grassroots have a right to be angry. They feel their voice and concerns haven’t been met or even heard, so no one can fault them for demanding change. However, the root of the Republican Party’s problems doesn’t seem to be in the halls of Congress, but rather on the frontlines of the advocacy campaigns and lobbying fights that have caused Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell’s members to fall out of line.

At the end of the day, McCarthy and McConnell are just two votes. They need consensus to pass bills. That was somewhat easier years ago before the “woke” mentality became popular in the American economy. Many Conservatives describe this view as a radically extreme worldview that has destroyed the very institutions that Congress once relied on to understand the day’s top impediments to free enterprise and free markets.

Take, for example, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has yet to even congratulate McCarthy on his speakership. This group was once Congress’s most allied and trusted when it came to crafting pro-growth…