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Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Friday announced his intention to form the “first ever Anti-Woke Caucus,” which will reportedly focus on addressing “wokeness,” which he deemed the “greatest domestic threat to America today.”

“This Congress, I will create the first ever Anti-Woke Caucus,” Banks announced. “Read my @theammind op-ed about what Congress must do in the fight against wokeism.” ...

“The most toxic part of this tyranny is its doctrine—’wokeness,” he wrote, explaining that it “means that all the so-called oppressor groups must be punished for their past and present alleged sins.” The punishment, he wrote, can take many forms, including “inducing self-hatred through indoctrination, stripping away their rights by not enforcing the laws on their behalf, public humiliation, hatred, expropriation, and ultimately violence.” The congressman noted that it is unclear how far the punishments will go in instituting the “utterly un-American doctrine” but noted that the Biden administration actively imposes those beliefs, fueling divisions in schools, agencies, and the private sector.

“The new House Republican majority can and will fight institutionalized wokeness. The path forward is clear so long as we act confidently, as our voters demand,” he wrote, listing the objectives of the GOP-led House. These include rescinding Executive Order 13985, which he described as “Biden’s equity Executive Order that directed every single federal agency to produce an ‘Equity Action Plan.'” While he admitted the Democrat-led Senate will likely not budge on that issue, he said it is important for Republicans to show where they stand.

Banks said Congress “must stop funding wokeness,” giving a few examples.

He also said Republicans should utilize their oversight power to “question woke federal officials and woke companies.”

Anti-Woke Caucus Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement on Thursday that Congress should ban race-based preferences in the federal government, contracting, and the military in the wake of Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling.

Banks released a statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and 6-2 in Students for Fair Admissions v. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College.

The majority opinion, led by conservatives, ruled that “the Harvard and UNC admissions programs cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause.”

Republican Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) has unveiled a new bill that seeks to protect the adoption rights of parents who are facing discrimination from Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration due to their Christian faith.

Banks’s legislation is aimed at preventing child welfare agencies from denying prospective adopters who say they will raise kids in a manner consistent with the minor’s biological sex.

The effort by federal welfare agencies specifically impacts Christian families who refuse to comply with the Biden admin’s radical gender ideology.

In a statement, Banks said:

“The Biden administration is cruelly preventing countless children in the foster care and adoption system from going to loving homes just because parents are opposed to irreversible sex change procedures on kids.

“This isn’t a liberal or conservative issue.

“This is just plain wrong, and every sane person knows it.”