When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently quipped that “Woke 1 was crazy,” some thought the progressive darling might attempt a more centrist rebrand ahead of 2028 presidential speculation. But Ocasio-Cortez just shattered any illusion that she’s moving away from extreme left-wing ideology with new comments doubling down on the most extreme version of transgender activism.
Here’s what happened. The New York congresswoman was asked about transgender issues at a More Perfect University event Thursday night. A transgender-identifying questioner, a biological male, asked, “Trans people in America feel that we have been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it’s not worth defending us … what do you say to that?”
