Kellyanne Conway insulted the black community this week by attacking “woke” culture in a lame rhyme at CPAC while sitting next to billionaire Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
It was the perfect pairing. After all, the right-wing hates education, which is why President Donald Trump installed DeVos to dismantle the Department of Education and chip away at our nation’s public education system. And, apparently, Kellyanne drew the assignment of touting Trump’s propaganda and pandering to his racist supporters.
In that effort, she attacked people for being “woke” by spouting a little rhyme.
“If I hear one more time, ‘we’re woke,'” Conway began. “Woke is a joke. Woke is totally broke.”
Here’s the video via Twitter:
Kellyanne Conway: “Woke is a joke. Woke is totally broke.” pic.twitter.com/Qu1AlVWI38
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2020
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It may not sound racist to some, but when you consider that the Trump campaign recently rolled out “woke” merchandise aimed at the black community, it’s pretty clear who she was talking about.
Maybe someone should have said something to Kellyanne Conway before she did her little rhyme “Woke is a joke. Woke is totally broke.” at CPAC lol
— Nonaya Dambidnes (@NonayaDambidnes) February 28, 2020
@KellyannePolls you tried to make a joke about woke and being broke. Your outreach to black people has “woke” merchandise.https://t.co/dz6dZNW3dv
— DJT (@PRican_diva) February 28, 2020
Other Twitter users also chimed in.
KAC – What you would expect a white supremacist would say.
— SharonB (@SharonDanielleB) February 27, 2020
Look how proud of herself she is at the end. Also @KellyannePolls, you’re right. It’s a joke. We say “woke” to poke fun at the fact that the masses are awakening and becoming more aware of elitist/leadership failures. That is not a joke. https://t.co/o6tGaiUPBk
— why watch the throne when you could armand hammer? (@poordomrebel) February 27, 2020
With @BetsyDeVosED at CPAC panel, @KellyannePolls says “woke is broke” when it comes to taking away educational opportunity for disadvantaged kids.
— Kevin Mahnken (@KevinMahnken) February 27, 2020
I don’t think there is any hope she will ever be woke if she doesn’t see “what” she’s working for is a waste.
— Patty 🧜🏻♀️ (@soappman) February 27, 2020
@gtconway3d come get your girl.
— Colonial Oppressor Barbie (@ljohn44) February 27, 2020
I guess rhyming worked in the OJ trial, so…?
— KarmaJolt (@CakeMatrix) February 27, 2020
Yes, people are *too* informed. Common Republican talking point
— Apophis (@Freemindedblac1) February 27, 2020
Nazis gonna Nazi
— Michael Cameron (@beyondthenorth) February 27, 2020
Conway would have been better off not appearing at CPAC at all, let alone attempting to “joke” about being woke. Awareness of injustice and inequality is not something to mock.
In the end, the only joke here is Conway.
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