{"id":2645165,"date":"2026-08-14T13:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignevery-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:59:52","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignevery-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignevery-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Dem Should Be Asked: What About &#8216;Woke 1&#8217; Was &#8216;Crazy&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignevery-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2645165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article criticizes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s dismissive attitude toward the concept of \u201cwoke,\u201d highlighting her remarks on ABC where she downplayed the impact of \u201cWoke 1,\u201d a term used by a local politician to describe extreme progressive policies. The author emphasizes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-thomas-takes-aim-at-affirmative-action\/\" title=\"Justice Thomas Takes Aim at Affirmative Action\">significant negative consequences<\/a> associated with \u201cwoke\u201d policies,such as a spike in crime rates,including a 30% increase in murders,and challenges Democrats to account for their past policy positions,such as abolishing ICE,defunding the police,and promoting racial-based distribution of taxpayer funds. Despite Democrats labeling certain policies as \u201ccrazy,\u201d the article argues there is little evidence they plan to reverse their positions. The piece calls for accountability and clarity on whether these politicians still support controversial issues like transgender surgeries for minors, open borders, and vaccine mandates.it underscores the disconnect between Democrat rhetoric and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-warns-everything-would-be-much-worse-under-possible-harris-administration-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Cotton warns \u2018everything\u2019 would be \u2018much worse\u2019 under possible Harris administration - Washington Examiner\">previous policy stances<\/a>, suggesting they cannot simply dismiss their prior commitments with jokes or dismissive remarks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SFwAnMLBSOw\" target=\"_blank\">ABC\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/14\/every-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Every Democrat Should Be Asked: What About \u2018Woke 1\u2019 Was \u2018Crazy\u2019?&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/14\/every-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Every Democrat Should Be Asked: What About \u2018Woke 1\u2019 Was \u2018Crazy\u2019?&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/14\/every-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/14\/every-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Every Democrat Should Be Asked: What About \u2018Woke 1\u2019 Was \u2018Crazy\u2019?&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/14\/every-democrat-should-be-asked-what-about-woke-1-was-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;Every Democrat Should Be Asked: What About \u2018Woke 1\u2019 Was \u2018Crazy\u2019?&#039;); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one who lived through the past 10 years should allow Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to giggle away the hell called \u201cwoke\u201d that she and Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Privileged-Victims-Americas-Fascists-Hijacked\/dp\/1642931454\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Privileged-Victims-Americas-Fascists-Hijacked\/dp\/1642931454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inflicted on this country.<\/a> It can\u2019t possibly be that easy for them to move on from what they did just because they know it\u2019s unpopular and it complicates things for their leaders wanting to run for president in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2086472575631380936\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2086472575631380936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last weekend<\/a> on ABC, Ocasio-Cortez was asked about the countless naggy, bitter, and anti-American declarations now-former Democrat gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/11\/francesca-hongs-dsa-spurns-what-my-korean-war-vet-grandfather-sacrificed-to-give-her\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/11\/francesca-hongs-dsa-spurns-what-my-korean-war-vet-grandfather-sacrificed-to-give-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Francesca Hong<\/a> made in public over a number of years. (My personal favorite being her 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/story\/whats-at-stake-for-the-restaurant-industry-this-election\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/story\/whats-at-stake-for-the-restaurant-industry-this-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">magazine article<\/a> in which Hong, who previously owned a ramen noodle restaurant and is obviously not white, bemoaned the food service industry\u2019s \u201cdeep roots in white supremacy.\u201d) <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-883182216\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s moved away from it,\u201d said Ocasio-Cortez, matter-of-factly. Then, with a hearty chuckle, she said, \u201cAnd I have a local city councilman that has this saying: \u2018Woke 1 was crazy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ocasio-Cortez continued, observing that \u201cthe discussions that were had in [2020] were quite fruitful\u201d but that \u201cof course, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Of course not!<\/em> \u201cWoke 1\u201d drove a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/27\/1040904770\/fbi-data-murder-increase-2020\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/27\/1040904770\/fbi-data-murder-increase-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30 percent spike<\/a> in the U.S. murder rate as well as sharp increases in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/15\/heres-how-the-media-are-lying-right-now-violent-crime-dropping-edition\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/15\/heres-how-the-media-are-lying-right-now-violent-crime-dropping-edition\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtually all other types of crime<\/a>, including robbery, vandalism, and theft. AOC\u2019s answer for that is to ask that voters at least kindly remember <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/police-are-rebuilding-but-dont-forget-it-was-democrats-who-tore-them-down-to-win-an-election\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/police-are-rebuilding-but-dont-forget-it-was-democrats-who-tore-them-down-to-win-an-election\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how \u201cfruitful\u201d<\/a> those \u201cdefund the police\u201d discussions were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Ocasio-Cortez and presumably other Democrats are ready to marginalize and move on from the policy positions and views they branded themselves with for years, they can\u2019t be let off the hook with a wink and smile. They should be required to account for specific policies they no longer support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they\u2019re no longer in favor of abolishing ICE and defunding the police, why? Does that mean they would allocate money for those agencies\u2019 budgets? How much? Do they still believe in distributing taxpayer money based on race (reparations)? Do they still believe \u201cracial equity\u201d is a reason to decline prosecuting \u201cnonviolent\u201d crime, like drug dealing and looting? Do they continue to support elective, irreversible opposite-sex hormones for minors? <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What about doctors performing mastectomies on healthy teenage girls? What about vaccine mandates? What about allowing men in women\u2019s locker rooms and public restrooms? Can they name a single illegal alien they would be in favor of deporting? How many migrants would they allow to cross the southern border?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats can call everything they did \u201ccrazy,\u201d and yet there is no evidence they would change any of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party\u2019s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center 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