No one's going to cry 'racism' in this situation, because West plays for the wrong team.
Agreed that the usual suspects in the Democratic Party won't.
Of course, if there's no valid case to be made for racism it should not be made merely to score political points. But I hope LTC West looks into it, and if he thinks a racism accusation needs to be made, that fellow conservatives do so.
Bigotry does exist in our circles, the courts may be receptive if a credible case can be made, and I'm not convinced that honest Democrats as well as those who want to bash Republicans for their own reasons won't agree, if the racism case is solid.