After losing his race for Kentucky Governor, former Attorney General Daniel Cameron is moving on to the most predictable career pivot possible for a Black conservative. You guessed it — he’s waging a war on wokeness at the 1792 Exchange.
Cameron was tapped to lead the 1792 Exchange, a non-profit whose incredibly vague mission statement can be summed up as protecting businesses and non-profits from “woke” corporations.
“Former Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron has officially joined 1792 Exchange today as CEO to help prevent investment management firms, elected officials, and corporate interests from using other people’s money to advance radical political agendas,” wrote the group about his ascension.
None of this is a massive pivot for Cameron or a surprise for anyone following him. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action, Cameron joined a group of Attorneys General threatening Fortune 500 companies that use diversity and inclusivity practices in their workplace.
The Root wrote about the letter and its legal basis back in July:
Amalea Smirniotopoulos, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Senior Policy Counsel, says that these Republican attorneys general are trying to make the Supreme Court’s affirmative decision about something it’s not.
“This was another attempt to chill completely lawful efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion by corporations,” says Smirniotopoulos. “By really trying to stretch the meaning of the decision in the Harvard and UNC cases and frankly by also restating things that have always been true about discrimination law and employment.”
Despite his move to the non-profit world, Cameron hinted that he might return to politics. “We’ll continue to be engaged and continue to work to make sure that this commonwealth and our country are the best possible version of themselves,” he told the Associated Press.
But for now, Cameron will wage the war on wokeness from his new desk at 1792.