Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, delivered a fervent message to Newsmax on Monday night: She wants nothing less than the complete eradication of “wokeism.”

Lake dismissed the idea of merely resetting woke ideology on “Rob Schmitt Tonight” with guest host Bob Brooks.

“I don’t want [a] reset. I want woke destroyed,” she said, arguing that wokeism has inflicted profound harm, particularly on the young — whether through pushing transgender surgeries on children or teaching youth to despise America.

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