Even left-leaning and progressive media have begun to turn on Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her attempts to laugh off the extreme rhetoric of the "Woke 1" era.On Tuesday, The Atlantic published an article titled "The Democrat Can't Just Laugh Off 'Woke 1,'" criticizing Ocasio-Cortez for shrugging off the past progressive beliefs she once championed as a "crazy" time."I have a local city councilman that has this saying, 'Woke 1 was crazy,'" Ocasio-Cortez said while laughing on ABC's "This Week." "And I think that what’s important is that we have to assess what a candidate is saying now."AOC TRIES TO LAUGH OFF 'CRAZY' WOKE ERA AS THING OF THE PAST, BUT CONSERVATIVES AREN'T AMUSEDRep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.previously joked on ABC's "This Week" that "Woke 1 was crazy" when asked about her past progressive beliefs.
(David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)The Atlantic writer Idrees Kahloon wrote that Ocasio-Cortez was not the only Democratic candidate who has attempted to walk back or distance herself from extreme beliefs like defunding the police but warned that those attempts could backfire as socialists continue to gain power."All of these avoidance strategies could fail.Woke 1 may be over, but progressives have not given up their attempt to take over the Democratic Party apparatus," Kahloon wrote.
"Candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America — who have proved ascendant in primary elections this year — still take radical positions.""Ideas never die, but they can go dormant," he continued."The unwillingness to extirpate wokeness now may result in its resurgence later.
The silence of conventional Democrats and the ascent of the DSA could make the party’s 2028 presidential-primary contest resemble the 2020 one.""Then, candidates of all stripes competed to out-left one another, committing themselves to positions that caused their party electoral trouble for years," Kahloon continued."Should Ocasio-Cortez become the Democratic ca...