AOC's 'Woke 1' comment conceals a dangerous pivot to socialist class war, media chief warns

When Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently dismissed past left-wing platforms by noting that "Woke 1 was crazy," some media reports framed the comments as a shift toward the political center.

But Pirate Wires Editor-in-Chief Mike Solana argues her comment points to a more aggressive direction for the party.

As Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates win races across the country, centrist Democrats are confronting the group’s growing influence as DSA-backed candidates support policies like abolishing the Senate and expanding public ownership of major companies.

Speaking with Fox News Digital, Solana criticized Ocasio-Cortez’s response to her party’s progressive past after the congresswoman appeared on ABC’s "This Week." When host Jonathan Karl pressed her on Wisconsin state Rep.

Francesca Hong’s past calls to defund police and abolish prisons, Ocasio-Cortez dismissed concerns about Hong’s previous positions.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SHRUGS OFF PAST 'DEFUND THE POLICE' COMMENTS, JOKING 'WOKE 1 WAS CRAZY' "I have a local city councilman that has this saying, 'Woke 1 was crazy,'" Ocasio-Cortez said.

"And I think that what’s important is that we have to assess what a candidate is saying now." Hong failed to capture the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nomination, losing on Aug 11 .

Solana argued the congresswoman’s comment allowed her to avoid accountability for past positions.

"She said something more interesting, which she had from another Democrat, a phrase, ‘Woke one was crazy,’" he said.

"Now, it was an incredible obfuscation, you know, there's no real admission of guilt there, but there is an admission that there was an era of crazy left-wing views that was not really palatable or correct." Solana said Ocasio-Cortez has not renounced several of her previous "woke" positions.

He pointed to her past support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defunding the police and granting mass amnesty to illegal immigrants.

"I mean, it's crazy, right? It's like, 'Sure, we lorded over a loosely decentralized global censorship apparatus in service of burning the world down in the era of BLM, but that was like so long ago.

Oops, my bad, girls will be girls,'" Solana said sarcastically.