r/wisconsinpolitics

Today marks the first anniversary of Derrick Van Orden celebrating the idea of millions of Americans losing their health insurance and food assistance. If you're not familiar with Derrick Van Orden, this is who he is.

The primary election is on August 11 - just over a month away. Emily Berge and Rebecca Cooke are both running to challenge Derrick Van Orden. Neither candidate would celebrate something like this.

On July 1st at the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance candidate forum in Oak Creek, 3 of 6 democratic candidates (Francesca Hong, Mandela Barnes, Kelda Roys) along with Andy Manske (the Republican challenger to Tom Tiffany) where asked if support a 1 year moratorium on AI Data Centers and *shockingly!*, Francesca Hong was the only Democrat candidate who was in support of a moratorium while Kelda Roys disappointedly voted NO and Mandela Barnes gave a questionable “no answer” to the question in hand.

As for why Sara Rodriguez and David Crowley didn’t attend tonight, they boycotted the forum when they found out that the WMCA was going to question them on what they thought of the situation that has been going on in Gaza over the past 3 years. 🫡

I mean…attacking a consistent top 3, one with a frankly kinda rabid fanbase (speaking as a Hong fan myself) from the back of the pack? I am usually all prog all the time, but I honestly might pick a moderate over Kelda if it came to it based on this behavior. She might have the right ideas, but if she’s gonna resort to this Hasan Piker fear mongering, I fear she won’t have the spine to actually stand up to corporate power.

There’s no way she’s this stupid, right? Is she working on behalf of another candidate, perhaps in exchange for a position?

Thing is, even if these attacks hurt Hong’s campaign, they won’t help Kelda’s.