The Left Has Overplayed the Race Card So Much That It's Now Just White Noise

 The Left Has Overplayed the Race Card So Much That It's Now Just White Noise  

"A lot of the actual racism on public display comes from Democrats pandering to black voters, and savaging any who don't do what they're told." 

"There's an old saw in conservative circles that says, "When a liberal calls you a racist, that means you're winning the argument." For the most part, that's true. Leftists shout "Racism!" reflexively, not thoughtfully. Also, their responses to conservatives are based on fictional evil caricatures that, in their minds, justify their unhinged emotional responses to anything we say or do.

A classic example from recent times is the noxious diaper-filling lefties experience whenever they see a MAGA hat. "Make America Great Again"="racism" in the Democrats' fever dream. 

I am not saying that racism has been eradicated in the United States or the world. However, I will not for a moment indulge the leftist garbage idea that this country hasn't evolved for the better regarding race. It is yet another core belief assertion of leftists that simply has no basis in reality. It's also the primary fuel for the Democratic Party's victimhood machine. Guess which prominent 21st century figure is most responsible for that?

His High Holiness the Lightbringer Barack Obama should have been all the proof anyone needed that the United States had indeed moved into a much better place on matters of race. Sadly, our first black president looked around at his taxpayer-funded mansion and saw oppression in every room. Nine and a half years after Obama said goodbye to his presidency and went off to make a fortune from Netflix, his wife is still doing interviews and acting as if she were forced to ride in the back of the struggle bus the whole time she was the First Lady of the United States. 

It's a bit much, even for those of us with strong stomachs. 

In addition to squawking "Racism!" like Tourette Syndrome-plagued parrots, leftists like to talk a lot about "White Privilege," whatever the heck that is. Seriously, I've been white my entire life — I've checked the records — and I have no idea what it means. Lefties would probably say that's proof that I've enjoyed it my whole life; I say it's proof that they're full of bison manure. " . . .

The Myth of Black Female Exceptionalism   . . . "They have been sheltered by government employment and protected by corporate diversity mandates. Those shelters are now collapsing. Instead of demanding that the world change to accommodate their inflated self-image, black women should ask themselves why they cannot compete in the open market. The answer is not racism. The answer is skill. Or rather, the lack of it. That is the conversation no one wants to have. But it is the only one that matters." . . .

It cannot be pretended that they are all Byron Donalds, Harris Faulkner, Condoleezza Rice or Doctor Ben Carson. Not when we have Joy Reid or Jasmine Crockett. TD

Feckless WNBA Bosses Meet to Define 'Woman'… and Come Up With Exactly Nothing

"Women's sports exist for a reason.  The WNBA exists for a reason.  If we erase the reason, eventually we're left with a basketball league that has forgotten what the “W” stands for." A.J. Rice 

The WNBA's Meeting to Figure Out What a Woman Is Went As You'd Expect  "What are you women doing? I’ve never seen an organization become so elite at self-sabotage. It’s entertaining, but also a little sad to watch. Like, a bunch of people who likely know what needs to be done, but are cornered by the insane antics of their woke fanbase. That’s also their fault and their problem, so that’s life. The WNBA held a meeting on Wednesday to determine what constitutes a woman. Better yet, it was a meeting about what the “W” stands for, the core of their existence, and it went nowhere (via ESPN): . . ."

Dissecting the WNBA’s man problems - A.J. Rice   "The WNBA has spent years telling us that gender is whatever you say it is.  Royce White is now calling the league's bluff.

"White, a former NBA player, says he intends to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft as a “transgender woman.”  He has challenged the league to explain why he shouldn't be eligible and has threatened legal action if it refuses him.  When the obvious biological question came up, White put it in the most direct terms possible, referring to the fact that he has “a pair of balls.”

"Well, there you have it.  The WNBA and their most powerful partners have spent years insisting that gender identity determines who is a woman.  Now a former NBA player is simply taking the league at its word and asking for a roster spot." . . .  

"The entire point of a women's athletic category is that women shouldn't have to compete against the physical advantages produced by male biology in order to earn the right to compete.  Take that away, and you haven't made sports more inclusive.  You've made them less fair.  And eventually, the fans notice."

 Feckless WNBA Bosses Meet to Define 'Woman'… and Come Up With Exactly Nothing  . . . "Instead, they just blasted the “haters” who would dare to point out that allowing dudes to play in athletic competition against women is ludicrous, something we all know instinctively.

"Now, before anyone gets all up in arms and accuses me of misogyny for saying women are indecisive, let me say that I’ve earned the right to make gentle jokes about the fairer sex. I’m a married man with daughters, and I can tell you firsthand that they’re unafraid to make fun of my masculine foibles. The Wife™ is actually exceptionally decisive, and my couch is well aware of that fact.

"But seriously, they meet for hours over the ongoing transgender athlete drama and come up with nothing? It’s kind of pathetic, isn’t it?" . . .

My ancestor saved Thanksgiving - Don Surber

Don Surber 

"The abandoned village was a deathtrap. It killed the Indians. Half the Pilgrims died like nursing home residents after Cuomo sent in covid patients. The undisclosed disease had a death rate that Tony Fauci would envy."

"A Democrat candidate for governor of Wisconsin wants to cancel Thanksgiving over colonialism—aka civilizing a savage continent. The anti-white fervor on college campuses has spread to throughout the Democrat Party and the halls of government.

"She wants to replace it with a 6-course celebration on menstruation.

"Sadly, she lost the primary—blowing a 20-point lead like she was married to Bill Clinton. This means Republicans will actually have to work to win in November.

"What she mocks, however, is the praising and thanking the Lord for the miracle of braving an ocean to come to a new land where people could praise the Lord in their own way without direction from the pope or the king.

'The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower almost did not make it. They left in August in another ship but after a month, the boat began leaking. They had to turn back to England and then boarding another cramped cargo boat and heading back across the storm-tossed sea—only to run into another problem that should have turned them around again.

"History With Jacob tweeted:

"Halfway across the Atlantic, a main beam on the Mayflower bowed and cracked.

"That beam was structural. If it let go, the ship was finished. And everyone aboard with it.

"The Pilgrims asked the question nobody wants to ask mid-ocean: should we turn back?" . . .More...

Gavin Newsom's Bullet Train to Nowhere Is Going Broke, and I Say: Let It Die

 Bob Hoge – RedState   

"Gavin Newsom wants to turn America into one big version of California - a failed, overtaxed, dystopian nightmare."  RedState Editor's note

"If there’s a symbol for blue-state failure, the California High-Speed Rail project is it.

"Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom and Co. throwing over $15 billion at the boondoggle so far, not a single foot of track has been laid. When Newsom did a press conference in February touting the operation, he had to use a freight train as the prop because there is no bullet train for photo ops. Seriously.

"What there is after 10 years of construction is 80 miles of “guideway” — the path where the track will someday be laid — which is part of the Central Valley segment connecting Madera to Bakersfield. Just what everyone was clamoring for.

"Now they’re running out of money.

"KCRA’s Ashley Zavala, one of the few Sacramento reporters willing to hold Newsom to account, reports that the project could be broke as soon as December 2027." . . . More...

El-Sayed's Alarming 'Sharia 'Til I Die' Comment Comes Back to Haunt Him

Teri Christoph – RedState  .

Yeah, scoundrels always proclaim some miraculous conversion when they are caught with records where they have unintentionally said what they really think 

"The more we're learning about Abdul El-Sayed, who beat Haley Stevens in the Michigan Democrat Senate primary a week ago, the more it becomes clear the direction in which the Democrat Party as a whole is headed.

"Since nabbing the nomination, we've learned that El-Sayed loves Ilhan Omar and hates Independence Day. He likes open borders and hates the Second Amendment. He hates beautiful Mackinac Island and has mocked the "brown children" of Vice President JD Vance.

"Great guy.

"Now, an old quote made by El-Sayed to The New York Times back in 2009 has resurfaced and, in it, he pledged his lifelong "obligation" to sharia law. From the Free Beacon's reporting:

"Ultimately, the question is, when I die and I stand before God and go through everything I did in my life, I don't want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way. Not because of fear but because of obligation," said El-Sayed, who the Times identified at the time as a 24-year-old medical student and Rhodes scholar who had just taken out a "Sharia-compliant" mortgage to purchase a $123,000 condominium in Ann Arbor.

"As the Free Beacon noted, "sharia, or Islamic religious law, sets strict rules for living that include harsh restrictions on women and gruesome, medieval-era forms of criminal justice. Sharia law also prohibits the paying or earning of interest, a restriction that has led some banks to offer special mortgages for devout Muslims, like El-Sayed, which tack onto the principal what a typical borrower would pay in interest across the life of the loan.'" .More...  .

Don’t Recognize Islam As a Religion   . . . "Islam’s status is much like Communism, when it was labeled in the 1954 McCarran Act – an ideological enemy of the U.S. An ideology advocating the overthrow of our Constitutional Republic and making America another backward theocracy in the Muslim global ummah.

Too many useful fools vacuously virtue signal when they claim Islam is the third Abrahamic monotheism. Islam’s claim to Abraham is like every other story stolen from the Torah or Bible by Mohammed’s imagination and plugged inaccurately into the Koran." . . .

Knowing Four Arabic Words May Save Our Civilization from Islamic Takeover

 Illinois Family Institute  

"Because any Western person who has raised children knows almost intuitively when someone is lying, so they assume they can do that in all cases. Unfortunately, those same Western people can be easily duped by Islamic deceit because there are no tell-tale signs in the deceiver."

. . . "Each of these words describes a different style of deception used by Muslims when discussing Islam or their activities as Muslims. Muhammad famously said, “War is deceit.” (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 52, Number 268)  The Quran boasts that Allah is the “master of all scheming” (Surah 13:42) and that he is “profound in his machinations” (Surah 8:30). Western civilizations are not accustomed to dealing with people who have developed deception into an art form. Knowledge is power, and the best way to combat the Islamist agenda is to say, “We are wise to your shenanigans. Knock it off!”

Takiyya

Takiyya is defined as masking ones Muslim identity. It comes from the verse in the Quran that says, “Let believers not make friends with infidels in preference to the faithful – he that does has nothing to hope for from Allah – except in self-defense (illaa an-tattaqu minhum tuqah) (Surah 3:28). This “self-defense” justifies dissimulation. Islamic Sharia Law provides, “When it is possible to achieve an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible, and lying is obligatory if the goal is obligatory.” (Reliance of the Traveler, Para r8.2) Examples include lying to protect Islam or a Muslim.

Tawriya

Tawriya is defined as concealing, and it could be called “creative lying”. It is OK to break the intent of the oath, as long as you don’t break the letter of the oath. (Reliance of the Traveler, sections o19.1 and o19.5) How does this work? Suppose someone protests that Surah 1 of the Quran demeans Christians and Jews, because it is a supplication Muslims make to Allah seventeen times a day to keep them from the path of “those with whom God is angry” and “those who have lost their way.” A Muslim might respond, “Surah 1 never mentions Jews or Christians.” He is practicing tawriya, because while Surah 1 does not mention Jews and Christians by name, but he knows full-well that the words “those” refer to Jews and Christians.

Another example would be when a Muslim responds to your greeting of “Merry Christmas!” He might say, “I wish you the best.” In your mind, you think he has returned a Christmas greeting. In actuality, he has expressed his wish for you to convert to Islam; he wishes the best for you which, in his view, is becoming a Muslim.

Kitman

Kitman is characterized by someone telling only part of the truth. The most common example of this is when a Muslim says that jihad really refers to an internal, spiritual struggle. He is not telling “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” as witnesses are sworn to do in U.S. courts. Often, kitman results in a gross distortion of the truth. In the example given, the Quran uses jihad and its derivatives 59 times. Of those, only 16 (27%) could be considered “internal” with no object as the target of the struggle based on the context of the surah." . . .

More: This article was originally published in 2012 by Islam Watch

"Stone. Cold. Sociopaths." M. Walter.

What about the health of the baby?

The smiling butchery of it all - M. Walter

"Two events relating to the unborn happened this week within the space of just 24 hours that are so monstrously evil, so ghastly and barbaric, I can scarcely believe any person or political party could survive them, but given the monolithically corrupt media landscape we live in, they — these Democrats — will." . . .

M. Walter blogs at www.mwalterwriter.com where you can find The Lunatic Left Series, a daily snapshot of Democrat words and deeds so you can see what they’re up to without having to go hip-deep in their toxic brew. 

Massachusetts allows abortions up to birth under new law  . . . "It is up to the states to lead," Healey said. "And as governor, I promise that no matter what Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress or the Supreme Court does, we're going to continue to make sure that women and families have access to the health care that they need, right here in Massachusetts."

"SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser condemned the signing of the "egregious" law in a statement Monday, arguing that late-term abortions can involve dismemberment of the fetus.

"'It should shock the conscience that tens of thousands of unborn Americans are barbarically dismembered limb by limb and torn apart every single year," she said. "Sadly, that number will only increase with Gov. Healey’s approval of the Abortion Up Until Birth Bill. The GOP must abandon the ‘leave it to the states’ position – a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one – and advance national protections for unborn children." . . .

Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Leftist 'Radicalization' Book That Endorses Violent Resistance, Praises George Floyd Rioters for 'Property Destruction'

The book, which El-Sayed regularly promoted on his podcast, denounces ‘fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence’

Washington Free Beacon  

Though he has made opposition to wealth a hallmark of his campaign, El-Sayed has faced scrutiny for an international real estate portfolio and luxury watch collection.

"An Abdul El-Sayed supporter said voters are “stupid” and the best way to win is to hide the truth."

BREAKING: An Abdul El-Sayed supporter said voters are “stupid” and the best way to win is to hide the truth.
Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker nodded in agreement.
“The encouraging thing is that people are stupid.” pic.twitter.com/bEEkL1poaq

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 5, 2026

. . . "Abdul El-Sayed, the newly minted Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, repeatedly promoted to his podcast listeners a notorious book that encourages violent rioting and claims the U.S. government "kills untold millions," the Washington Free Beacon can reveal.

"El-Sayed made the plug for the book, Let This Radicalize You, at least 10 times on his podcast, America Dissected." . . .

"The unabashedly anti-American book, which was published in May 2023, promises readers "a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe," according to its Amazon description—and it does not disappoint.

"In chapter six: "'Violence' in Social Movements," the authors dismiss peaceful protests as submissive to the state and argue that violent protesters should not necessarily be considered "bad."

"'Fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence can lead to the indulgence of rhetoric about 'good' and 'bad' protesters, where 'peaceful' protesters are celebrated and 'violent' protesters—for example, those who engage in property destruction that disrupts profit—are viewed as disposable and disreputable," the pair writes.

"'And when they refer to 'peaceful protest,' they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state."

"This licenses people to care about the cause being protested without caring about what happens to the 'bad' protesters. For example, even as significant numbers of people supported the uprisings following the racist murder of George Floyd, many fewer people vocally defended the rights of protesters who were arrested for acts of property destruction and funneled into the racist carceral system," they added."  . . . More.

California, The Blackout State

 Issues & Insights   

"Does this matter to the climate zealots who control California policy? Clearly it doesn’t, because if it did, they would cool their ambitions, and there’s no sign that they’re capable of even considering the possibility of doing so."

"Federal data show that no state had as many power outages across more than two decades as California. The nearly 500 grid breakdowns correlate with increases in renewable energy. Maybe there’s been no causation, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be in the future, because the intermittency of renewables is a mismatch with the power grid. 

Using U.S. Department of Energy reports, Texas Electricity Ratings found that California had 493 power outages from 2003 through 2023. Texas, which is No. 2 to California’s No. 1 in total renewable energy consumption, was close behind with 468. 

"California’s recent blackout history began with five in 2003. The number doubled in 2004 and continued to rise, reaching 20 in 2010, 25 in 2015, 56 in 2020 and a peak of 69 in 2022. 

"Totals fell in some years from the year before, but the overall trend is sharply upward. 

"Texas Electricity Ratings says California’s major grid disturbances coincide “with a clear seasonal rhythm tied to storm and heat-wave patterns.” Some outages are caused by physical attacks and vandalism, and in some instances cyber events. But California still had the most blackouts attributed to equipment/system failure (125) and fuel supply emergencies (35), and its outages don’t track cleanly with the national figures, which have peaked and valleyed but were roughly the same in 2023 as they were in 2003. 

"What does move along a line consistent with grid failures is the growth in California renewables. Solar energy surged from near zero in 2003 to more than 19% of in-state generation and 17% of the state’s total power mix in 2023. Wind power grew from a blip in 2003 to 6.5% of in-state generation and 11% of the total power mix in 2023. 

"Nothing more than coincidence? Maybe. But we know that the power grid and renewables are an imperfect match. 

"Today’s grid was built to accommodate the fossil fuels that provide dispatchable power, meaning that it can be adjusted as demand rises and falls. It was not designed to handle electricity from wind and solar, which have wide swings based on natural conditions. Existing infrastructure, says Norton Rose Fulbright, a law firm with a global energy practice, “is struggling to keep pace with the proliferation of dispersed, intermittent renewables projects, many of which do not provide grid forming capability and all of which require connection.” . . . More...

Owning the Woke WNBA

"A real man finally stood up for not forcing girls to wrestle males"

 Don Surber 

"Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams said on Thursday, “I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team, anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world. It’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.” On Friday, Mister Freedom called her bluff. He decided to make the WNBA play by its own rules." . . .

"Enes Kanter Freedom—a surname chosen when he became a U.S. citizen—stood up to the communist bullies who have cowed the media into accepting men in girls sports.

""A former NBA star whose protests against Chinese slave labor ended his career at age 29, Freedom announced he will enter the WNBA draft as a transsexual woman.

"Calling them transgender is a misdirection aimed at making the issue about pronouns and grammar instead of the butchery of transsexual surgery and the poison of feeding estrogen to a teenage boy and testosterone to a teenage girl. I won’t play that game.

"The whole issue is another attempt by communists to undermine society in every way possible. Making girls play against males in girls’ sports is one of the many tricks they play.

"The conversation about having men in drag in the WNBA began when Sophie Cunningham, the Indiana Fever’s enforcer, was quoted by ESPN as saying that she wants to protect young girls in locker rooms and sports who “shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” while stating she does not hate transsexual people, she wants to “extend love” along with “truth.”

"She refused to back down, telling reporters, “I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that.’ I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

"This led to protests in Seattle, aka the Political Zoo, when the Fever played the Storm. A co-owner of the Seattle team harassed young female Cunningham fans at the game so hard that the league suspended him.

"The team’s head coach wore a shirt to the game that said, “Trans Rights Are Human Rights.” . . .   More...

What Is A Woman? The WNBA Needs A Man To Help Define League Eligibility

Sorry about the old pay wall..

Sophie Cunningham Gets Clotheslined, Then Her Own Coach Makes It Even Worse

"There is no reason for the NBA to keep bankrolling the WNBA when it serves as nothing more than a protectorate for angry, race-obsessed lesbians who jealously attack their fellow players who are white for the crime of being successful and likeable. To keep the Benjamins flowing with zero demands for reform is to enable this garbage to its fullest."   Shawn Fleetwood

WNBA Player Ejected for Clotheslining Sophie Does Word-Salady Flip-Flop on 'White Privilege' Claim – RedState 

 "Carrington may not have been prepared for the backlash she got from her post – particularly because everyone could see what she did to Cunningham – with former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho taking her to task on his podcast for playing the race card." 

 Sophie Cunningham Gets Clotheslined, Then Her Own Coach Makes It Even Worse – RedState   . . . "First, she failed to defend Sophie Cunningham, one of her star players both on and off the court, after Cunningham came under fire from the Left for saying she felt called to help protect girl athletes. As a reminder, this was White's response to being questioned about biological men playing in women's sports at a post-game press conference last weekend – an obvious chance for the coach to throw her player a little support. Instead, she played dumb.". . . 

"I wouldn't really say that I'm educated enough from a scientific standpoint. I don't ever believe that exclusion is the answer." So, she considers the sign on a restroom door that says "Women" is exclusionary?

The NBA Is Enabling The WNBA's Anti-White Violence "The Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) continued existence as an embarrassing excuse for a sports league is dependent on its largest backer, the men’s National Basketball Association (NBA). So, at what point does the latter use its financial influence to stop the former’s anti-white violence problem?

"The few interested viewers who bothered tuning in to Saturday’s Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever WNBA matchup were treated to a knockoff gladiator battle, in which Chicago guard DiJonai Carrington committed an egregious foul against Indiana guard Sophie Cunningham. Video of the incident shows Carrington — who was ejected and fined for the hit — wrapping her arm around Cunningham’s neck and dragging her toward the ground as the Fever guard went for a layup.

"Carrington, who is black, dutifully took to social media to classify the incident as an example of “white privilege.” Because, as everyone knows, wrapping one’s arm around another person’s face and sacking them to the floorboards is something only white people can get away with.

"One might expect that type of foul to be a rarity, but the barbaric hit on Cunningham is not an anomaly. Rather, it’s part of a longstanding pattern of violence against her and fellow (white) teammate Caitlin Clark." . . .

Rapinoe Whines About Sophie Cunningham's Picture with Riley Gaines  . . . "Cunningham remarked in an ESPN profile that she supports fairness in women’s sports. She emphasized that while she does not have any prejudice toward transgender individuals, girls’ sports and spaces deserve protection. 

“'I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” she said. 

"The minute the interview was published, the trans-pushers and left-wingers quickly went on the attack. The backlash from the left spurred Cunningham to defend her position, but she did not back down from her views.

“'I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense… I think it’s really important to protect children,” she said later in response to the criticism.

“'I don’t dislike anyone,” she added. “I’m there to love, but I’m also there to love biological women.” . . .

Far-left wants you to forget their 'hot takes' burned cities to the ground

 NY Post  

They’ll never own up to what they did because they still believe in the ideas responsible. And given the chance they would — and will — do it all again.

. . . "In June 2020, Hong demanded that the city government defund the police.

In November of that same year, she renewed that call for them to be “re-imagined and re-structured at every level.”

In between, riots in cities across the country, egged on by the Democratic Party and facilitated by its progressive wing, claimed the lives of more than two dozen Americans and resulted in billions of dollars in property damage.

Among the dead: 77-year-old David Dorn, a retired black police captain who was murdered for trying to stop a burglary in St. Louis.

Among the other victims: hundreds of small businesses — many of them minority-owned — that never recovered.

According to the Council on Criminal Justice, the homicide rate in a sample of 30 American cities increased by 68% between April and July 2020.

According to the FBI, the national homicide rate spiked from 5 per 100,000 people in 2019 to 6.5 in 2020 and 6.8 in 2021.

And all that’s to say nothing of the countless robberies, carjackings, muggings and other indignities law-abiding citizens suffered through during those lawless years.

The anti-American iconoclasm championed by Hong, too, had consequences.

New York removed a statue of Thomas Jefferson from City Hall.

In Portland, rioters set fire to and toppled a monument of George Washington.

Boston took down a sculpture of none other than the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln.

And the unpatriotic, ahistorical narrative of the 1619 Project took deep root in our nation’s educational system and collective consciousness.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist sensation mulling whether to mound a bid for the Senate or White House next year, test drove a similar dismissal of Hong’s old tweets on Sunday.

“My understanding that Francesca Hong has made clear her present stances to her electorate… she’s moved away from it,” she explained before quipping that “Woke 1 was crazy” with a laugh." . . ."

Don't let AOC retcon her starring role in 'Woke 1'  

"'I have a local city councilman who has this saying: 'Woke 1 was crazy,'" said AOC with a laugh. She was referencing a tweet by Chi Ossé, a New York City councilman, who similarly uttered this line in an attempt to explain why he had previously said a "white man should not be the next speaker" of the City Council."