Donald Trump Wrong: ‘Woke’ Ideology Is Real

Donald Trump hasn’t been known for his scrupulously correct use of language, but he now wants to police the use of “woke.”

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear, ‘woke, woke, woke,’” he said the other day. “It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is.”

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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Donald Trump hasn’t been known for his scrupulously correct use of language, but he now wants to police the use of “woke.”

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear, ‘woke, woke, woke,’” he said the other day. “It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is.”