web statisticsweb statistics NYT’s Swan: Gaza ‘Replaced a Lot’ of ‘Woke One’ Litmus Tests – Breitbart News
September 29, 2026
Entertainment

NYT’s Swan: Gaza ‘Replaced a Lot’ of ‘Woke One’ Litmus Tests

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” New York Times White House Reporter and author Jonathan Swan said that “there’s actually an effort to get away from what AOC has called woke one. But the new litmus test is Gaza and genocide. That’s replaced a…

Posted on 1 min read

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” New York Times White House Reporter and author Jonathan Swan said that “there’s actually an effort to get away from what AOC has called woke one. But the new litmus test is Gaza and genocide. That’s replaced a lot of these old litmus tests.” And “It’s completely oriented itself around Israel.”

\n\n

Swan said, “The interesting thing is that there were all these other litmus tests that existed in 2020, and you see politicians like Pete Buttigieg took out — he had his pronouns on his social media account. He got rid of them. So, there’s actually an effort to get away from what AOC has called woke one. But the new litmus test is Gaza and genocide. That’s replaced a lot of these old litmus tests.”

\n\n

Later, Swan said that he “can’t really make sense of where the line is anymore or what gets you cancelled…but the one issue, as you said before, seems to be Gaza. That seems to be the one thing where they’ve oriented themselves around a litmus test. … Like, you don’t hear candidates say, mask mandates and defund the police, they’re actually running away from all of that…

Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/

Disclaimer: This article is based on reporting originally published by Breitbart News. Breitbart News does not claim ownership of the original reporting and has republished or summarized this content for informational and commentary purposes only. For the full original report, please visit Breitbart.com .

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *