Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press on July 22, 2026. (Illustration by The New York Times; photograph by Alex Kent/The New York Times) By CARLOS LOZADA There is a difference between changing your mind and shifting your tactics, between evolving in your views and abandoning them because they’ve become unpopular or politically perilous. When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, quoting a political ally, recently suggested to ABC News, with a laugh and a smile, that “Woke 1 was…
