Booker Plays Dumb About Replacement Theory
What happened at the hearing
During Jeremy Carl’s confirmation hearing for a State Department role, Senator Cory Booker asked about “Replacement Theory” and acted as if he did not know what the phrase meant.Carl did not dodge the question. He responded that Democratic immigration policies appear to promote demographic change in ways critics describe as replacement. The exchange was short but revealing, and it left many conservatives saying the question should not have been necessary in the first place.
Why conservatives care about the term--
Replacement Theory is a phrase used to describe the idea that policies can be designed to change the makeup of a voting population. Critics on the right say that large scale immigration and expanded voter drives that favor one party effectively alter the electorate in predictable ways.
Supporters of stricter immigration and simpler admissions rules argue they are defending national identity and the rights of current citizens to have their voices heard.
One viral clip shows Rep. Gene Wu saying non white voters can overtake power structures because they now form a majority.
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The Great Replacement theory, or "grand remplacement", is a far-right, white nationalist conspiracy theory suggesting that white European populations are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants, particularly from Muslim countries, with the help of elitist policies. Coined by French author Renaud Camus in 2011, this ideology claims that mass migration and lower birth rates among white people are causing this demographic shift.
