
AOC says ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’ but Democrats still owe voters an explanation
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. There’s a psychological term for this kind of separation: compartmentalization.Consider how compartmentalization works in ordinary life.
- ▪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.
- ▪There’s a psychological term for this kind of separation: compartmentalization.Consider how compartmentalization works in ordinary life.
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Opinion AOC says ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’ but Democrats still owe voters an explanation Calling 'defund the police' and abolish prisons rhetoric a past era avoids the reckoning voters deserve By Jonathan Alpert Fox News Published August 26, 2026 5:00am EDT Comments Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Murray: We Have ‘Woke 2’ Because Not Enough People Spoke Up To The AOC’s Of Yesteryear Justine Brooke Murray joins guest host Paul Gleiser on Fox Across America to give her take on why the Democratic Party's embrace of socialist policies and ideas will ultimately hurt them in November's midterm elections.
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