The concept of “The Great Replacement” has swiftly transformed from being dismissed as a conspiracy theory to becoming a matter of widespread policy and electoral significance. In less than a decade, what many detractors brushed off as mere fear-mongering has taken center stage in the US political discourse, with implications for the future of the USA.
Renaud Camus, the French writer who originally coined the term “The Great Replacement,” highlighted this evolving narrative in his much debated speech at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels May 6th last year. He aptly observed:
“If you do not like the Great Replacement, it does not exist, you are the one inventing it and you are a fascist, a racist, and a propagator of conspiracy theories. If you like it, it exists, and it is an opportunity for France, an opportunity for Flanders, a blessing for Belgium, a lifeline for Europe; and you are a benefactor of humanity.”
It’s Happening
Fast forward to today, and it appears that Camus’s words have found a tangible reflection in policy. In the United States, former Vice President and now President Joe Biden made waves in 2015 when he remarked:
“An unrelenting stream of immigration, nonstop, nonstop. Folks like me who were Caucasian, of European descent, for the first time in 2017 will be in an absolute minority in the United States of America, absolute minority. Fewer than 50 percent of the people in America from then and on will be White European stock.”
That prediction has partially materialized. According to a Brookings Institute study published in August 2023, Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—will be the last generation with a white majority. After them comes Generation Alpha, poised to grow up in a nation where no single ethnic group holds a majority. By 2045, non-Hispanic white people are projected to comprise less than half of the U.S. population.
William Frey, the study’s author, notes the significant impact of these demographic shifts on the nation’s politics and social fabric. He explains:
“White Americans contributed substantially to older population gains compared to younger and middle-aged populations, which registered white declines. These patterns have led to a ‘racial generation gap,’ in which the younger population—more influenced by immigration in recent decades—is far more diverse than older age groups.”
Frey also suggests this gap underpins cultural and political divides, affecting attitudes on topics like affirmative action and educational curricula.
The Acknowledgement
The conversation has evolved further, from demographic analysis to what is often referred to as a diabolical electoral strategy. Bill Clinton himself recently acknowledged:
“Most Americans recognize … we got the lowest birth rate we’ve had in well over a hundred years, we’re not at a replacement level, which means we’ve gotta have somebody come here if we want to grow the economy.”
We would argue that such, lesser known, acknowledgements within the Democratic party has paved the way for strategic uses of immigration to shape political outcomes. This tension was palpable in a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, where the host grilled Senator John Fetterman over allegations that Democrats are using immigration policy to secure electoral advantages in swing states. Rogan pressed Fetterman on whether Democrats’ proposed immigration deals, which allegedly involved elements of amnesty, could lead to demographic shifts favorable to the Democratic Party.
Rogan noted:
“It was still the same sort of situation and their fear is exactly what I talked about. That these people will be moved to swing states and that that will be used to essentially rig those states and turn them blue forever.”
Fetterman, while acknowledging the transformative impact of immigration, downplayed the idea of a deliberate electoral strategy.
“Undeniably, immigration is changing our nation,” he said. “I haven’t spent a lot of time in Texas but it’s very clear that immigration has remade Texas and I think it’s generally, it’s a good thing.”
Illegal Immigrant Population More Than Quintupled In Swing States Since Last Election
Two months after former President Donald Trump accused Democrats of attempting to use illegal immigrants to influence the November elections during the September 10th debate, prominent voices from the MAGA movement continue to amplify the criticism. One of the most high-profile figures adding his voice to the debate was Elon Musk.
On October 3rd, the tech billionaire echoed sound claims that the Democratic Party is involved in a calculated strategy to “import voters” and expedite their path to citizenship to sway crucial swing states. Musk described this alleged plan as “diabolically smart,” asserting that it threatens the democratic fabric of the country far more than Trump himself.
“The Dems are doing deliberate voter importation to swing states & fast-tracking them to citizenship,” Musk claimed. He elaborated further on social media, warning that the Democrats’ supposed goal is to flip key battleground states, thus cementing a “permanent one-party rule.” Musk argued, “This is the true threat to democracy, not Trump.”
Musk’s remarks came after a MarketWatch-cited study from August 2024 estimated growth in illegal immigrant populations across seven battleground states is significant as the nation approaches a highly contested presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Notably, the surge in these populations has sparked fears that the Democratic Party may be leveraging mass immigration as a strategy to gain political power, given that new immigrants tend to vote overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates.
Michigan, which holds 15 Electoral College votes, has seen a staggering 775 percent increase in its illegal immigrant population. In 2020, President Joe Biden won Michigan by approximately 150,000 votes, after Trump had secured the state by just over 11,000 votes in 2016. Similarly, Arizona reported a 734 percent rise in illegal immigrants, while Nevada experienced a 562 percent increase. In Arizona, Biden narrowly defeated Trump by less than 11,000 votes.
Other swing states have also recorded significant growth in their illegal immigrant populations: Wisconsin (467 percent), Georgia (401 percent), and North Carolina (446 percent) have all experienced sharp increases. Additionally, Pennsylvania, which has 19 electoral votes, noted a 241 percent increase in its illegal immigrant population.
Amid these developments, the Daily Wire has uncovered that a network of non-profit organizations, funded by leftist billionaire George Soros, is reportedly working to “sway the outcome” of both national and state elections. These organizations are focused on naturalizing new citizens and mobilizing them as a crucial voter bloc. One such group, the New American Voters project, maintains demographic reports on these key swing states, underscoring the potential influence of mass immigration in battleground areas like Arizona and Georgia.
Further investigations by the Heritage Foundation have suggested that the concerns regarding illegal immigrant voting may have merit. Undercover footage captured in a Phoenix apartment complex shows individuals identifying as non-citizens, some of whom admitted to being registered to vote and expressed intentions to support Harris in the upcoming election.
This voter import and the effect it may have taps into another element in Camus’ Brussels speech:
“The change of people necessarily implies the change of civilisation: to believe that it could be otherwise requires great ignorance of the human species, great contempt for man, imagined to be interchangeable at will, like any dishwashing product, or even great vanity, like that of the French who believe that their “values” and the perfection of their way of life is so universal, so universally admirable and desirable, that anyone will automatically convert to it as soon as he has been exposed to it for a few months or a few years. This vanity is believed each passing day. The only assimilation still on the agenda is that of the replacees to their replacers, and this one is going well.”
On Tuesday, we find out if the change of people has already gone too far for America.