Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is arguing that Democratic candidates should be judged by what they say today rather than rhetoric from the coronavirus era, even as her own political rise was closely tied to many of the policies and movements associated with the progressive left.
Ocasio-Cortez was asked Sunday by ABC News’s Jonathan Karl about Wisconsin Democrat gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong’s past positions, including Hong’s call to “cancel Thanksgiving.”
Ocasio-Cortez said Hong has “moved away from it” before invoking a phrase used by New York City Council member Chi Ossé.
“And I have a local city councilman that has this saying that ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’” Ocasio-Cortez said as she...
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