AOC on Francesca Hong’s Radical Socialist Tweets in Past Years: ‘Woke One Was Crazy’

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: "Right, she's moved away from it. And I have a local city councilman that has this saying, 'Woke 1 was crazy.'"

KARL: "(Laughs) Woke 1 was crazy. Okay, that’s a — "

OCASIO-CORTEZ: "And I think that what’s important is that we have to assess what a candidate is saying now."

KARL: "What was — I mean, did the movement go too far with some of those positions? I mean you — you briefly supported the idea of defunding the police."

OCASIO-CORTEZ: "Well, you know, I think — I think that during this time and during — especially during Covid, there was a huge opening of the Overton window. We were shut down. There was some of the highest unemployment rates that we have seen because of those shutdowns, and I think that the doors were really open in trying to entertain any and every policy that was going to get us to a better place. And I actually think that the discussions that had — that were had in that time were quite fruitful.”