The mood was light on the set of ABC’s This Week one Sunday in August as co-anchor Jonathan Karl bantered with his guest, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Suddenly, it seemed, the phenomenon of “wokeness” could be marveled at as little more than an imprudent episode.
“I have a local city councilman that has this saying,” said AOC with a laugh, “‘Woke 1 was crazy.’” Karl laughed, too. With that, left-of-center Americans had all the permission they needed to repudiate the mania that had once gripped them. And some did, albeit through gritted teeth.
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