A clip of Vice President Kamala Harris from 2017 calling on 'everybody' to be 'woke' has resurfaced on social media, drawing criticism and backlash from conservatives who have labeled her as a 'Communist functionary' and 'too radical' for the presidency. During the Recode's annual Code Conference in 2017, then-Senator Harris emphasized the importance of staying 'woke' and being attentive to social justice issues. The conference covered topics such as immigration and the environment, with Harris expressing her concerns about the Trump administration's drug and immigration policies.
Harris's call for people to 'stay woke' gained traction in 2017 when dictionaries like Oxford and Merriam-Webster added the term to their lexicons, defining it as being socially aware. However, the term has since been associated with left-wing ideologies and causes.
