“Woke 1 was crazy” is a way to dismiss yesterday’s rhetorical extremism lightly while not actually abandoning the policies it expressed.

Democrats would very much like to figure out how to explain away some of the far-left things they said circa 2019 and 2020 — a period often referred to as “peak woke,” “woke 1.0”…

Woke was indeed crazy. So now, it's entirely reasonable for voters to ask why those candidates believed it so fervently.

“Woke 1 was crazy” is a way to dismiss yesterday’s rhetorical extremism lightly while not actually abandoning the policies it expressed.