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The Socialist Surge Reaches Wisconsin: Governor Candidate Tests the Left’s Limits

The socialist wave has already crashed well beyond New York City. Now the Democratic Socialists of America are even taking swings at swing states.

The latest far-Left darling is Francesca Hong, a leading candidate to win the Democrat primary in the Wisconsin governor’s race.

One might call her the Zohran Mamdani of the Midwest, but there are a few contenders now vying for that title.

Hong has unsurprisingly grabbed hold of the issues that have become hallmarks of the insurgency taking place within the Democratic Party.

She has stood proudly by her “democratic socialist” label, made wealthy people the bogeymen of her campaign (despite a seemingly upper-middle-class constituency), unrepentantly backed the obliteration of U.S. immigration law enforcement, and—most importantly to Democrat primary voters it seems—she’s virulently anti-Israel.

Hong has frequently appeared on the podcast of leftwing anti-Israel influencer Hasan Piker, one of the folks on the ship of fools that recently visited Cuba to declare their sympathy with communist tyrants.

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She’s said on his show that she agreed with his positions—like creating government-run grocery stores and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement—and further noted that she hoped that “what happens here is a potential foreshadowing of what’s to happen in the future.”

No surprise, Hong has a long........

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