The day before Tuesday’s stunning Democratic gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers traveled the state to stump for his preferred candidate, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. It was unusual that a sitting governor got involved in a partisan primary for his successor, but in this case, the circumstances of Evers’s involvement are almost too incredible to believe.
Effectively, Evers, a relatively moderate Democrat, stood up to the socialist wave overcoming his party, and he did so armed with only a soup ladle. Francesca Hong, a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a backbencher in the state legislature, had shot to the front of the gubernatorial field, imperiling the Democrats’ chances of winning against Republican Representative Tom Tiffany in November. Every legitimate poll had Hong walking away with the race, leading by double digits, and in some cases doubling the vote of her next-closest competitor.
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