Being anti-WOKE is very, very important to Republicans today and for the 2024 elections.
So what is WOKE then? Seems that conservatives have problems defining it. In the clip below there is one conservative book author Bethany Mandel having chapters on it in her book, where she has some real problems defining WOKE after all her work on it. Just watch it to see her squirm.
But in court, when lawyers/representatives for DeSantis was asked what WOKE means we have the following, we have DeSantis’ General Counsel Newman defining WOKE in general as “it would be the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them". Not too shabby a definition of WOKE.
'It's a slang term for activism, progressive activism.'
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Jean-Jacques Cabou, Warren’s attorney, noted DeSantis referred to Warren in his announcement of the suspension as a “woke ideologue” who “masqueraded” as a prosecutor. Then he asked some DeSantis officials what “woke” means to them. So Iam moving andit could be days before i have a system up
Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ Communications Director said “woke” was a “slang term for activism … progressive activism” and a general belief in systemic injustices in the country.
Ryan Newman, DeSantis’ General Counsel, echoed the part about systemic injustices, specifically regarding the criminal justice system.
“To me it means someone who believes that there are systemic injustices in the criminal justice system and on that basis they can decline to fully enforce and uphold the law,” Newman said.
Asked what “woke” means more generally, Newman said “
it would be the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.” [emphasis added]
Newman added that DeSantis doesn’t believe there are systemic injustices in the U.S. ...
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