After having a very wide lead in the Wisconsin polls to be the Democrat candidate for governor heading into the midterms, it's become clear that either the polling was wildly off or everything that was uncovered about the socialist repelled voters en masse in the days leading up to the primary.
Francesca Hong became well known for her attempts to pivot away from her professed dislike of all traditional American holidays and being triggered by "proximity to whiteness," but now she's a former candidate.
The last 11 months have been one of the greatest joys of my life. Traveling the state, meeting people in churches and dive bars and bike races and dance parties and in their homes, and hearing about what matters most to them informed every decision we made on the trail. It will… pic.twitter.com/Navh81hgvP
— Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) August 12, 2026
Hong was too crazy to even win an endorsement from Bernie Sanders, and now her political career might be over.
Scenes from Hong's election night event summed up her campaign perfectly, not to mention somewhat hilariously.
tremendous crowd shots from Francesca Hong's election night event - where there was a lot of proximity to whiteness - by @MJSphotog and @journalsentinel https://t.co/6zh9CCfsF5 pic.twitter.com/jpi9CdvIuD
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) August 12, 2026
Lots to unpack there!
We'll start here:
I had to Google “polycule” and now I’m going to throw myself in Lake Michigan. https://t.co/6hfpt18fGP
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) August 12, 2026
Yep, and it's definitely not a term that we wouldn't expect to come up from Francesca Hong fans.
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But the images are not unexpected.
Anyone writing that first sign and not hiding it from embarrassment is a sign of severe trouble.
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) August 12, 2026
This one boldly displays it for the camera?!?!
Damn… https://t.co/zNltSZlCCY
photos are worth 1000 words. this person is functionally illiterate. that writing looks like a kindergartener's. it's hitting a stereotype so on the nose that it couldn't be scripted any better pic.twitter.com/z4HEMq7qWK
— Zac (@zacallier) August 12, 2026
"Parodies of themselves" might be one way to put it.
https://t.co/NSBZZA770r pic.twitter.com/Y0FSAq98qD
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) August 12, 2026
It shouldn't be hard to understand why socialists have a hard time connecting with average people. pic.twitter.com/gK8kVEPJhH
— Corey Walker 🇺🇸 (@CoreyWriting) August 12, 2026
It's a total mystery, right?
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