Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, is facing backlash from conservatives for attempting to brush off her past comments on ‘woke’ issues. In a recent interview, Ocasio-Cortez dismissed the first wave of ‘woke’ as a thing of the past, saying ‘Woke 1 was crazy.’ However, conservatives are not willing to let her forget her past support for radical policies, including the push to ‘defund the police’ and her claims that men can have periods.

Conservative Reaction

Conservatives online have been quick to criticize Ocasio-Cortez, with many pointing out that she and other far-left politicians are trying to distance themselves from their past radical comments. ‘You don’t get to spend years pushing to fundamentally transform the country, divide it on racial lines, inject DEI into every institution, and then try to brush it off as a minor misunderstanding when your worldview turns out to be extremely unpopular with the American people,’ said Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas.

Ocasio-Cortez’s attempt to downplay her past comments has also been met with skepticism from some commentators, who argue that she and other Democrats are trying to have it both ways. ‘Does calling Woke 1 crazy mean you now oppose any of the ideological positions that Wokeism demanded of you? Of course not. They haven’t changed their minds about anything,’ said commentator Christian Heiens.

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