"Woke 1 was crazy": AOC seeks do-over on 2020-era rhetoric
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to pull off a political feat for the ages: bury a chapter of left-wing politics that seemed like a good idea to many liberals at the time — but not so much anymore.
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Ocasio-Cortez on Hong positions: 'Woke 1 was crazy'
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"Woke 1 was crazy": AOC seeks do-over on 2020-era rhetoric
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joked that "Woke 1 was crazy" while defending socialist politicians' past comments on defunding police and abolishing prisons.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday quoted a New York City Council member in describing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong's (D) past positions, saying "Woke 1 was crazy." ABC News's "This Week" host Jonathan Karl asked Ocasio-Cortez in an interview about her opinion on Ho…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Abdul El-Sayed want you to forget all the lunatic stuff they and their buddies said a few years ago — because, you see, “Woke 1 was crazy.”
Good news, everybody who lost careers and friends and opportunities thanks to far-left ideology: New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now says that “Woke 1 was crazy.” Oh, you won’t get […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, recently tried to laugh off “woke 1” but people aren’t having it. Some leftists think that saying “woke 1 was crazy” will […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is arguing that Democratic candidates should be judged by what they say today rather than rhetoric from the coronavirus era, even as her own political rise was closely tied to many of the policies and movements associated with the progressive left.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to pull off a political feat for the ages: bury a chapter of left-wing politics that seemed like a good idea to many liberals at the time — but not so much anymore.
“Woke 1 was crazy,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl with a laugh on Sunday. Her statement, as offhanded as it seemed, lit a political firestorm. Ocasio-Cortez was discussing past political statements made by Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist candidate w…
