AOC Says ‘Woke 1 Was Crazy,’ but Democrats Still Owe Voters an Explanation – Democratic Accent

Democrats try to brush aside Woke 1.0

“’Woke 1′ was crazy.” So said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on ABC News’s This Week earlier this month.  She said she was quoting New York City Councilman Chi Osse, whom the New York Times characterizes as “far left.” This was where Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be located on the ideological spectrum after her surprise defeat of House Democratic leadership member Joseph Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary. At that time, she was a 28-year-old…

Dems Owe Voters an Explanation for Crazy 'Woke 1'

New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's

AOC says ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’ but Democrats still owe voters an explanation – Democratic Accent

“Woke 1 was crazy.” New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently borrowed the phrase from New York City Councilman Chi Ossé to describe the politics of 2020. “Woke 1” gives Democrats a convenient way to put ideas such as defunding the police and abolishing prisons in the past. That was then. This is now. There’s a psychological term for this kind of separation: compartmentalization. Consider how compartmentalization works in ordinary…

AOC says ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’ but Democrats still owe voters an explanation

AOC borrowed the phrase 'Woke 1' to describe 2020 politics, but compartmentalization lets Democrats avoid reckoning with progressive stances on police reform and prisons.

We Need to Talk About ‘Woke 1’

In an interview with ABC News earlier this month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) was asked about the previous political positions of Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, including canceling Thanksgiving, abolishing prisons and defunding the police. In response to Hong’s comments and the positions she’s since recanted, AOC replied, “Woke 1 was crazy,” echoing a phrase from Chi Ossé, a New York City Council member from Brooklyn. She w…