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On the recordNovember 4, 2021
What`s wrong was just stupid wokeness, all right. Don`t just look at Virginia, New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Washington. I mean, just defund the police, Luna status (ph) take Abraham Lincoln`s name off of schools. Some of these people need to go to a woke detox center or something. I mean, that expression of language that people just don`t use, and there`s a backlash and a frustration at that.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana
Source
msnbc.com

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Carville criticizes what he calls 'stupid wokeness' and highlights a backlash against certain progressive policies.

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