Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shrugs off past ‘defund the police’ comments, joking ‘Woke 1 was crazy’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., dismissed her and other socialist politicians’ past extreme controversial comments on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, joking that the “Woke 1” era was “crazy.” Hong has sought to backtrack on some of her past views as she seeks the Democratic nomination in her state. Ocasio-Cortez clarified that most of these comments were made during the height of the COVID shutdowns with people more open to change. When Obama criticized her and the other defund Democrats she replied “The whole point of protesting is to make people uncomfortable.” But, anyhow, does this mean she’s running for president?