Wasteful, ‘Woke’ Spending ‘Existentially Dangerous’ for America: Conservative Group

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With the United States on the brink of default, “woke” ideology is the last place the federal government should be spending the taxpayers’ money, according to a conservative think tank.

Speaking before members of the House Budget Committee on May 11, Center for Renewing American Policy Director Paige Agostin described woke-ness as an identity-based form of neo-Marxism with an aim to “tear down the republic, eliminate capitalism, marginalize religion, and rupture the nuclear family.”