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Washington Post Columnist Admits ‘Woke’ Politics Hurt Democrats
New York Post ^ | Jan. 14, 2026 | Madison Colombo

Posted on 01/15/2026 9:08:39 AM PST by nickcarraway

A Washington Post opinion columnist is acknowledging that the Democratic Party pushed “woke” politics too far and paid the price at the ballot box.

The piece argued that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may represent the kind of shift away from culture war politics Democrats need to win back voters.

Columnist Shadi Hamid argued that from 2014 through about 2023, peaking in 2020, Democrats embraced “woke” ideas that prioritized divisive cultural issues, including transgender rights and calls to defund the police.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; washingtonpost; woke

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1 posted on 01/15/2026 9:08:39 AM PST by nickcarraway
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The Democrats pushed things too far, but the media was the wind behind their backs.


2 posted on 01/15/2026 9:16:28 AM PST by Starboard
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To: nickcarraway

Their acts of treason should hurt Demonicrats a lot more!!!


3 posted on 01/15/2026 9:16:35 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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The Democrat Party knows that absurd policies are a proven means of hiding the Party’s corruption.


4 posted on 01/15/2026 9:28:54 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

A democrat from 25 years might sound like a right wing nut to todays party. Leftism and no common sense.


5 posted on 01/15/2026 9:34:40 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

JFK would probably be too conservative for GOP today.


6 posted on 01/15/2026 9:35:48 AM PST by nickcarraway
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JFK would have ‘evolved’ over time.


7 posted on 01/15/2026 9:36:18 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nickcarraway

Sure took long enough and enough woke to broke businesses and brands to woke up…I mean wake up.


8 posted on 01/15/2026 9:39:14 AM PST by albie
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To: nickcarraway

It’s tactical. “Woke” and “DEI” will be back under other names.


9 posted on 01/15/2026 9:40:26 AM PST by x
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He wouldn’t have made it out of 70’s.


10 posted on 01/15/2026 9:40:31 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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The Democrats have not backed off on woke—not one inch.

Universities have not backed off on woke—not one inch.

If anything it has gotten more radical—and turned from thinly disguised anti-white hate into open anti-white hate.


11 posted on 01/15/2026 9:42:07 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: nickcarraway

George McGovern would be too right-wing for the Dems today.


12 posted on 01/15/2026 9:42:56 AM PST by wrcase
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To: Starboard

The Left see themselves as players in the game. MAGA see themselves as spectators in the game. The Left has more players and wins. At the state an local level MAGA has few players and loses.


13 posted on 01/15/2026 10:33:46 AM PST by spintreebob
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To: nickcarraway

This is the beginning of the MSM touting socialism. Watch and learn. The talking points have been agreed on and distributed to the MSM.


14 posted on 01/15/2026 11:26:36 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: nickcarraway

Democrats have embraced everything on the DO NOT DO list in a sane world.


15 posted on 01/15/2026 11:49:21 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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To: Carl Vehse

Mayor Zohran Mamdani may represent the kind of shift away from culture war politics“

Yeah a Muslim communist is a real shift toward the center. Brilliant.


16 posted on 01/15/2026 12:31:36 PM PST by gibsonguy
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The piece argued that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may represent the kind of shift away from culture war politics Democrats need to win back voters. Columnist Shadi Hamid argued that...

Oh, OK.

17 posted on 01/15/2026 1:11:24 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Yesterday only comes one time. —Sorrells Pickard)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

18 posted on 01/15/2026 2:37:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: nickcarraway

Morning Joe and Serpent Head Carville have said as much.

Trump WON the popular majority on those Kamala trangender commercials.

The clowns running in the Republican wing of the uniparty down ticket were scared to run such commericials in their races.

There are a lot of folk you can interview on the street that might say that was not an important issue to them.

But Trump vote counts totals tell a different story.

And Trump won a popular majority while having a lot of votes stolen from him.


19 posted on 01/15/2026 2:52:45 PM PST by Biblebelter
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What Kamala transgender commercials?


20 posted on 01/15/2026 2:54:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
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