‘It is a cultural Marxism’: Ron DeSantis’ campaign posts video of presidential candidate defining what woke means after Trump said ‘half the people can’t define it’

By Sophie Mann/DailyMail.com

Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign posted a video Friday of the candidate defining the term ‘woke‘ days after former President Donald Trump said he doesn’t like the word because ‘half the people can’t define it.’

At a campaign stop in Iowa, NBC reporter Dasha Burns asked the Florida governor about Trump’s comments.

‘[Trump] said he doesn’t like to use the word “woke” because people don’t know what it means. That’s obviously a big part of your messaging. What do you say to that?’ she inquired.

‘Look, we know what woke is, it’s a form of cultural Marxism,’ responded DeSantis.

‘It’s about putting merit and achievement behind identity politics, and it’s basically a war on the truth. And as that has infected institutions, and it has corrupted institutions. So, you’ve got to be willing to fight the woke, we’ve done that in Florida, and we proudly consider ourselves the state where woke goes to die.’

The DeSantis War Room – the candidate’s rapid response Twitter operation – retweeted the clip over the weekend and wrote: ‘Asked to define WOKE, @RonDeSantis does not miss a beat:

‘It’s a form of Cultural Marxism…It’s a war on truth.”

Trump – who along with DeSantis are considered the front-runners for the 2024 Republican party nomination – had made his statement blasting the term ‘woke’ earlier in the week at a campaign stop in Urbandale, Iowa. 

The third-time presidential candidate said: ‘I don’t like the term ‘woke,’ because I hear the term ‘woke woke woke’…it’s just a term they use, half the people can’t define it, they don’t know what it is.’