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How AOC is rewriting her own "Woke 1" history
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is laughing off "Woke 1.
Key facts
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is laughing off "Woke 1." But she's carrying baggage from the 2020 era of cultural progressivism that some Democrats say is an obstacle to a future presidential run
- On immigration, Ocasio-Cortez sponsored a bill in 2021 and 2023 to decriminalize border crossings
- In 2019, AOC posted on social media that "They need to have a real conversation about decarceration & prison abolition in this country
- AOC's pivot to the cultural center, which she began to roll out last week in a high-profile ABC interview by saying, "Woke 1 was crazy" an idea that polls have long shown is not popular
Summary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is laughing off "Woke 1." But she's carrying baggage from the 2020 era of cultural progressivism that some Democrats say is an obstacle to a future presidential run. AOC's pivot to the cultural center, which she began to roll out last week in a high-profile ABC interview by saying, "Woke 1 was crazy" an idea that polls have long shown is not popular. In the summer of 2020, she blasted New York City's government for proposing to cut its police department by only $1 billion. "Defunding police means defunding police," she said then. "It does not mean budget tricks or funny math. In 2019, AOC posted on social media that "They need to have a real conversation about decarceration & prison abolition in this country.