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What does woke mean?
Its a question liberals and progressives often would like to ask Republicans, whose ubiquitous use of the term woke a phrase originally used by progressives to signify an awareness of racial and economic injustices endemic to U.S. society has turned the word into a four-letter pejorative.
During the three-day trial this week challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, attorneys for Warren were able to put that question to aides for DeSantis, who called Florida the place where woke goes to die in his victory speech after being reelected last month.
Jean-Jacques Cabou, Warrens attorney, noted DeSantis referred to Warren in his announcement of the suspension as a woke ideologue who masqueraded as a prosecutor. Then he asked some DeSantis officials what woke means to them.
Taryn Fenske, DeSantis Communications Director said woke was a slang term for activism progressive activism and a general belief in systemic injustices in the country.
Ryan Newman, DeSantis General Counsel, echoed the part about systemic injustices, specifically regarding the criminal justice system.
To me it means someone who believes that there are systemic injustices in the criminal justice system and on that basis they can decline to fully enforce and uphold the law, Newman said.
Asked what woke means more generally, Newman said it would be the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.
Newman added that DeSantis doesnt believe there are systemic injustices in the U.S. He also emphasized he believed Warrens wokeism led him to sign the pledge not to prosecute abortion crimes, theprimary factor that led to his suspension.