Takeaways from primary night in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Carolina and Connecticut

Radical socialist Francesca Hong suffered an upset loss in Tuesday night’s Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary – one of several battlegrounds in the fight for the future of the party. Hong’s defeat after polls showed her leading her nearest rival by close to 20 percentage points was just one of many surprises on a night that saw a longtime congressman ousted in Connecticut, a Trump-endorsed candidate trounced in Minnesota, and the late Sen.Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline secure a spot in a special runoff to fill his seat.Here are five takeaways from another action-packed primary night.Note to future socialist candidates: Keep Thanksgiving out of your mouth.Unless and until Hong succeeds in gaining higher office, she will be forever remembered in Wisconsin politics as the candidate who called to cancel Thanksgiving, that most American of celebrations.Hong, 37, had just been elected to the Badger State’s legislature when she attacked the “colonizer holiday” in a since-deleted November 2020 X post.

That would have been awkward enough to explain, but Hong somehow made it worse for herself when she delivered a 46-second filibuster on the topic to CNN’s Kaitlin Collins last week, reproduced below in full:“I’m a chef, and one of the first meals that I made that was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal.I always think my hospitality background and owning a restaurant for seven,eight years, that bringing folks around the table to share conversation and build community is always a good thing.“But Thanksgiving is also a time that’s incredibly painful for many people in our communities.

So I think there I wanted to make sure people understood there are multiple views, but views can evolve.“And the position I’m running for right now — and I think my background as a chef will actually help me become a better governor that’s able to bring more people to the table.”No further questions, your Honor.Wisely realizing she ha...