‘This is Gonna Be One of Those Moments That Goes Viral’: Conservative Pundit Short-Circuits When...

Credit where due: Bethany Mandel correctly foretold the viral nature of her awkward answer to a fairly straightforward question about what she meant by “wokeness.”

Mandel is a conservative columnist who has contributed to numerous publications. On Tuesday, she appeared on The Hill’s morning program “Rising.” After repeating the word “wokeness” several times, cohost Briahna Joy Gray pressed Mandel on what exactly she meant.

The clip started with Mandell noting how few Americans consider themselves very liberal, “and probably fewer of them consider themselves to be woke.”