Commentators on all sides of politics took a victory lap after left-wing candidate Francesca Hong was narrowly defeated in her closely watched Democratic primary, with one Democrat even taunting her over her Thanksgiving gaffe.Hong, a state lawmaker from Madison and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), was defeated by Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who topped her by a razor-thin margin after polling showed her as the seeming favorite.She drew brief, intense national scrutiny amid the rise of far-left candidates and democratic socialists across the country, particularly for her past rhetoric about culture-war issues like wanting to "cancel" Thanksgiving and having to back off calls to abolish the U.S.Senate and the police.After her narrow defeat, Rep.
Tom Suozzi., D-N.Y., joked in a statement he sent to CNN, "Let’s just say it’s a day of Thanksgiving."DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT STRIKES BACK AS SOCIALIST CANDIDATE DOWNED IN BATTLEGROUND PRIMARYFrancesca Hong was narrowly defeated by her more establishment Democrat opponent in Wisconsin.(Getty Images for WisDems)Democratic strategist Anna Greenberg told CNN that Hong "was a bad candidate without national support," warning, "Candidate quality matters!!"Other political figures blasted Hong’s loss as well, arguing her candidacy and defeat was part of a larger phenomenon."Some commentators thought she might not have lost if she hadn't granted interviews to national media outlets at the end, where she had to explain hating Thanksgiving.
But if a few minutes of interviews sinks your entire campaign, how talented were you?" the Media Research Center's Tim Graham told Fox News Digital."The broadcast networks have been extremely slow to notice the DSA candidates in all of these states.
They ignored Graham Platner and his Nazi tattoo for months on end.They ignored Hong until about a week before the primary.""It feels like she treated these national interviews as a step toward the general elect...