{"id":977418,"date":"2021-11-06T16:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T20:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=977418"},"modified":"2021-11-06T16:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T20:43:59","slug":"aoc-rips-james-carville-for-blaming-wokeness-in-terry-mcauliffe-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-rips-james-carville-for-blaming-wokeness-in-terry-mcauliffe-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Rips James Carville for Blaming &#039;Wokeness&#039; in Terry McAuliffe Defeat"},"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%2Faoc-rips-james-carville-for-blaming-wokeness-in-terry-mcauliffe-defeat%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=977418&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235405763-e1636222729522-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Democrat strategist James Carville for being out of touch with the Democrat Party regarding the debate over its recent election losses, Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/aoc-slams-james-carville-for-wokeness-comments-2021-11\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the average audience for people seriously using the word \u2018woke\u2019 in a 2021 political discussion are James Carville and Fox News pundits so that should tell you all you need to know,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456654094400110597?s=20\">said<\/a> in a social media post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.402489626556\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like the average audience for people seriously using the word \u201cwoke\u201d in a 2021 political discussion are James Carville and Fox News pundits so that should tell you all you need to know<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456654094400110597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carville told PBS on Wednesday \u201cwokeness\u201d was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/11\/03\/carville-what-went-wrong-is-just-stupid-wokeness\/\">blame<\/a> for Terry McAuliffe\u2019s (D) loss to Glenn Youngkin (R) during the Virginia gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News reported:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p>\u201c[W]hat went wrong is just stupid wokeness,\u201d he declared. \u201cDon\u2019t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Wash. I mean, this \u2018defund the police\u2019 lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln\u2019s name off of schools. I mean that \u2014 people see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just really \u2014 has a suppressive effect all across the country on Democrats. Some of these people need to go to a \u2018woke\u2019 detox center or something,\u201d Carville continued. \u201cThey\u2019re expressing a language that people just don\u2019t use, and there\u2019s backlash and a frustration at that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez made her comments while calling out a local news article that reported she said McAuliffe \u201cwasn\u2019t woke enough\u201d because she said \u201cmoderate Dems\u201d were&nbsp;\u201cceding white swing voters to the right\u201d by failing to engage Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can news outlets even attribute words to me I didn\u2019t say?\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456653260245323777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456653260245323777%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Faoc-slams-james-carville-for-wokeness-comments-2021-11\">wrote<\/a> in a social media post. \u201cI said there are limits to trying to mobilize a campaign with a 100% moderate strategy without mobilizing the base. Said nothing [about] \u2018wokeness\u2019 which is a term almost exclusively used by older people these days btw.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.696378830084\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How can news outlets even attribute words to me I didn\u2019t say?<\/p>\n<p>I said there are limits to trying to mobilize a campaign with a 100% moderate strategy without mobilizing the base. Said nothing abt \u201cwokeness\u201d which is a term almost exclusively used by older people these days btw <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p08uDafZHX\">https:\/\/t.co\/p08uDafZHX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456653260245323777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd before people disingenuously complain \u2018woke\u2019 is denigrating to older people, it\u2019s actually pundits like Carville using terms like \u2018woke\u2019 to insult voters under 45 that\u2019s denigrating,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456657128727400448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456657128727400448%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Faoc-slams-james-carville-for-wokeness-comments-2021-11\">said<\/a> in another post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.44347826087\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And before people disingenuously complain \u201cwoke\u201d is denigrating to older people, it\u2019s actually pundits like Carville using terms like \u201cwoke\u201d to insult voters under 45 that\u2019s denigrating.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t wonder why youth turnout falls when Dems talk about them like this. We need everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456657128727400448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, moderate Democrat and former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/tulsi-gabbard-celebrates-terry-mcauliffe-loss-virginia-benefits-us-all\/\">celebrated<\/a> McAuliffe\u2019s loss in Virginia on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcAuliffe\u2019s loss is a victory for all Americans. Why? Because it was a resounding rejection of efforts to divide us by race, the stripping of parental rights, and arrogant, deaf leaders. This benefits us all,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1456025843281633283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456025843281633283%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F11%2F03%2Ftulsi-gabbard-celebrates-terry-mcauliffe-loss-virginia-benefits-us-all%2F\">wrote<\/a> on social media Wednesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.218045112782\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McAuliffe\u2019s loss is a victory for all Americans. Why? Because it was a resounding rejection of efforts to divide us by race, the stripping of parental rights, and arrogant, deaf leaders. This benefits us all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1456025843281633283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Democrat strategist James Carville for being out of touch with the Democrat Party regarding the debate over its recent election losses, Business Insider reported\u00a0Friday. \u201cLike &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-977418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}