Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly won Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday night, defeating far-left state lawmaker Francesca Hong despite her backing from Marxist streamer Hasan Piker.
David Crowley, who reentered the Wisconsin governor’s race after securing the endorsement of Gov. Tony Evers, won the battleground state’s Democratic primary, defeating democratic socialist Francesca Hong. https://t.co/lrN1X3dlXK pic.twitter.com/4eJKC1BhbQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2026
Hong’s loss raises a broader question for the democratic socialist movement: Has Piker’s support become a political liability?
Francesca Hong is campaigning with Hasan Piker pic.twitter.com/7DtvJk9hKV
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 2, 2026
His incendiary, anti-American rhetoric, including calls to “kill capitalists,” has handed Republicans a potent line of attack against the socialist and Marxist candidates he promotes. In addition, leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America routinely call for undermining the nation and collapsing capitalism.
It increasingly appears that the DSA’s ultimate goal is not affordability, opposition to data centers, or whatever issue its members happen to be promoting that day to rile up fellow Marxists. It is really about ending the American empire.
Hong’s loss is a major sigh of relief for the Democratic Party establishment, which initially welcomed socialists and Marxists into their “big tent” DEI kingdom, but that has since turned out to be a terrible idea as the far-left seizes political power from establishment candidates in several primaries across the country this summer. (Read more: Zero Hedge, 8/12/2026) (Archive)