Progressives Try Winning Wisconsin and Michigan; Establishment Sweats Palms, Guesses Pants Size
KEY POINTS
- •Francesca Hong leads the Wisconsin governor primary, promoting working-class issues despite lingering controversy over past social media 'bad takes.'
- •Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, urging 2028 candidates to embrace Medicare for All with a ‘brash smile’ warning.
- •Both candidates have retracted earlier calls to defund police, while establishment Democrats cautiously rally behind El-Sayed amid concerns over electability.
In a plot that seems to double as a political thriller and a reality show called 'Save the Democrats from Themselves,' Francesca Hong, Wisconsin’s restaurant-owning democratic socialist-turned-governor hopeful, leads her primary by double digits despite her past tweets calling to 'cancel Thanksgiving' (oops!). Milwaukee County’s David Crowley, backed by Governor Evers, warns voters 'people don’t like socialists,' a statement so groundbreaking it deserves a Twitter archive. Meanwhile, Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s freshly minted Democratic Senate nominee and former public health head, dodges the 'democratic socialist' label, but happily vows to 'dog you up and down the state' if 2028 candidates shy from Medicare for All. Both have since backtracked on 'defunding the police'—learning from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's handbook while navigating cautious establishment endorsements. AOC hasn’t endorsed Hong, who says she didn’t ask, proving political fans can ghost worse than anyone on X. With GOP PACs secretly rooting for these progressives to keep winning primaries, November promises to be a cage match of 'Can a socialist win... or scare the pants off America?'
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(1 of 3)Nothing says 'we fear you' like old tweets turned election landmines. Looks like progressives' biggest challenger isn’t GOP—it’s their own Twitter archives and Democratic party panic attacks.
Saving the world with Medicare for All sounds great until you remember your opponent’s Halloween costume was 'Cancel Thanksgiving.' Democracy at its finest, folks.
Top Democrat logic: If you scare enough moderate voters, just wait till November and hope Republicans handle the socialists for us.
Source: Axios | Published: 8/9/2026 | Author: Holly Otterbein
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