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The term has been co-opted by Republicans as a pejorative since the 2022 midterm elections to criticize identity-based social justice issues .
“Woke” was being used as a pejorative by conservatives/Republicans well before the 2022 midterm elections (at least by the 2010s, and clearly by 2019).
Full reasoning
AP reporting on the evolution of the term states that “In the past decade it has been used by some Republicans … as a pejorative”, which places Republican pejorative use in the 2010s, not starting only after the 2022 midterms.
Additionally, a 2019 Guardian piece explicitly discusses that “woke” was already being used “as a slur” and “a joke” (i.e., pejoratively) by that time—again contradicting the claim that this Republican/pejorative co-option dates from the 2022 midterm elections.
Because credible sources document pejorative usage years before 2022, the “since the 2022 midterm elections” timeline is incorrect.
2 sources
- How 'woke' went from an expression in Black culture to a conservative criticism | AP News
“In the past decade it has been used by some Republicans — and some Democrats — as a pejorative …”
- The more the word 'woke' is used as a slur and a joke, the more we need it | The Guardian
(Published March 4, 2019) “The more woke is used as a slur, joke or shorthand to mock …”