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DAVID MARCUS: Why it's too late for Dems to ditch Piker and his America-hating socialism

Prediction markets gave Hong a 96% chance of winning Tuesday morning before voters rejected her DSA-backed platform

By David Marcus Fox News

Published August 13, 2026 10:38am EDT

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Hasan Piker warns ‘the knives will be out’ after Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin defeat

Far-left streamer Hasan Piker reacted to Francesca Hong’s loss in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary by warning that the Democratic establishment will no longer underestimate the socialist left and that "the knives will be out."

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Democrats scored a narrow, but ultimately pyrrhic, victory in Wisconsin Tuesday night, as the wacky Thanksgiving-hating and Hasan Piker-backed gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong lost the primary to a more moderate candidate. But their socialism problem is far from cured.

Just as in Michigan two weeks ago, the polls in this Democratic primary reflected about as much reality as Alice in Wonderland, as all of them had Hong with a seemingly insurmountable lead of over 15 points.

The prediction markets had Hong’s chances of winning at 96% on Tuesday morning, but something happened on the way to her coronation. Actual flesh-and-blood voters decided that socialist policies such as abolishing police and ICE aren’t really what they want.

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