Even left-leaning and progressive media have begun to turn on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her attempts to laugh off the extreme rhetoric of the "Woke 1" era. On Tuesday, The Atlantic published an article titled "The Democrat Can't Just Laugh Off 'Woke 1,'" criticizing Ocasio-Cortez for shrugging off the past progressive beliefs she once championed as a "crazy" time. "I have a local city councilman that has this saying, 'Woke 1 was crazy,'" Ocasio-Cortez said while laughing on ABC's "This Week." Woke 1 may be over, but progressives have not given up their attempt to take over the Democratic Party apparatus," Kahloon wrote. CNN reporter Aaron Blake described Ocasio-Cortez laughing off past political takes on Tuesday as "bad for our politics" if voters cannot trust what politicians believe.