Democrats dodged a bullet by rejecting asomeone socialist who wanted to cancel Thanksgiving and defund the police. Nominating Crowley proves the party still values electability and sound ideas over far-left fantasy. inCrowley ahas swingproven state.himself Wisconsin cannot afford to handbe Tiffanya theforward-thinking, governorshippro-growth bycandidate runningwho someonecan eventake Bernieon Sandersthe wouldTrump not endorseagenda.
Republicans quietly feared Hong the most, with ana internal memo calling her combination of grassroots energy and popular kitchen-table issuesfocus uniquely dangerous. SheBy nearly toppledtoppling the establishment despiteshe beingproved outspentthat eight to one, proving progressive ideas resonate even in a battleground state far from the coastal cities. Crowley's razor-thin win shows the party establishment barely survived, not that it triumphed.
Crowley is simply the flip side of the radical left coin, supporting massive expansions to abortion access and Medicaid; Crowley could not even bring himself to criticize Hong's outlandish policies. The Democratic Party is not fit to govern, as they are in the throes of a civil war between moderates and the radical left, a war the former seem to be losing nationwide.
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