DeSantis takes aim at AOC, says it’s not time to let Dems off the hook for ‘Woke 1’

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 370

Last Updated: 6 days, 8 hours ago

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has joined the chorus of conservatives taking exception to a prominent Democratic lawmaker’s weekend comment regarding policy positions taken by progressives in 2020 that are now seen as out of the political mainstream.

Speaking on ABC’s This Week, New York Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended her previous advocacy for “defunding the police” by saying, “When we talk about crime today, it’s fundamentally different than the way that we talked …

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