Post

David Crowley says he and Francesca Hong will campaign together as part of a "unity tour"

1.1K reposts7.5K likes

Yes, of course, because that's the political way to make your fortune in America, if you haven't skimmed enough while in office. At least, that's how it looks to me.

Now its time to get to work for everyday people not corporations stop beating bullshit talking points like weak healthcare comprehensive paying more the work is mostly on the constituents now to make sure a 360 screwing and then crumbs are not throwed at you now !

I hope this happens. The Dems need to the-build a new “Big Tent” party, accepting diverse viewpoints as long as they are voices that put the People before the Billionaire Plutocrats, and truly believe in the Constitution and Rule of Law.

Personally,they are splitting our party in pieces and I don’t like it.It is DIVISIVE and I am convinced that a far left candidate CANNOT win in a purple or red state in the general election.We are acting like MAGA.What works for them does not work for us.

Smart idea. Crowley literally had 1% more votes than Hong, so both of them together keeps TOO MANY douchebags from whining because she “didn’t get in.” Yes, I’m referring to people similar to the Bernie Bros in 2016, that refused to vote for Hillary just because Bernie wasn’t the nominee.

Because that is the problem with Democrats/Liberals. We have standards, which means we don’t support candidates WHO COMMIT CRIMES. (like raping kids) But an annoyingly vocal part of us include people with TOO high standards, who turn on candidates for stupid reasons too.

David Crowley and Francesca Hong joining forces is a welcome sign. In the old spirit, the realm is strongest when its knights lay aside their differences and stand together against the darkness. Wisconsin needs that unity now, not for one person or party, but for democracy itself.

Exactly this 1000%!!! We need to bond together and beat the fuck out of the repubs, I wish we did it last time but wishes don't mean shit right now.

Wished the losers in the Ga Dem race for Governor did this. Crowded field and Bottoms came out on top. But where did the others go? It’s been crickets from them. And Duncan, the ex former GOP Lt. Gov, who swears he’s a Dem now and lost during primaries. Now’s your chance to show some blue for Keisha

That's the spirit we need today. Unity with others regardless of crated beliefs. Together, we can do anything and everything to stop this fascism engulfing or country. United we stand divided we fall

Maybe Hong was an imperfect candidate, but this guy seems like the total embodiment of Democratic corporatism: a soulless, empty suit. No real policies, no real vision. He literally had dropped out because he had no real support or constituency. And the party just swoops in to appoint him. Bummer.

That's how it looks to me - anything to make dems look weak and inefficient. The message should be vote 🗳 blue, and I hate to say it, no matter who. So much at stake - we can be picky later, not This term.

That's great! In a close race, the winner has to understand that if he wins by less than 1%, there are basically the same amount of voters support his views, as supports the loser's views. There is NO MANDATE. Everyone is going to have to play nice! Both Moderates and Progressives pay attention!

Please start by NOT using the "socialist" label. It's meaning has been dirtied up & used by the opposition as a weapon. In fact, the country already is & has been, in part, socialist since the New Deal of the 1930's.

David Crowley: I dedicated my life to public service, not to public office. 🏆 Internet says he's here on Bluesky. 🦋 @davidcrowley4wi.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

David Crowley: "I especially want to thank Rep. Francesca Hong. Her campaign reminded people across Wisconsin that there are no long shots when it comes to believing in a better future and fighting to expand opportunities to every family ... the real opponent has always been Tom Tiffany."

Hard fought primaries, with the fight for the general election taking short term precedence is great. Then once whoever is in power, holding them to account to the people not with fealty to a person. Rise, repeat. And that is a more healthy democracy.

He’s a jackass and will cower in the face of doing hard shit. There has never been a better time in our history to elect progressive candidates. They will do what needs to be done and will not look back. This guy is more of the same. I’m truly disappointed.

He's pretty tame. He's for school voucher bullshit, so that's bad, and he only wants to bring in the "good" data centers and refuses a full rejection. The fear of having a data center in their backyard wasn't as scary to WI voters as Thanksgiving being banned by Hong. So, nbd.

The ONLY issue with Hong is that she was unable to cut through the bullshit attacks. For any candidate that is job 1 in the disinformation age. So this is a perfect role for her. Bring her positives but her negatives are pretty much neutralized.

BlueSky says this post was written in Czech🙄Jasmine Crockett doesn’t need to “take notes”! Even Talarico said that she immediately came out in support of him. It’s not her job to campaign and win…it’s his. Stay out of our politics😡For the others who commented on the post, SHAME ON YOU!

Please vote for Talarico……it’s in your own interest. It HURTS that Jasmine didn’t win!! I wanted her to win!! But, we must ALL fight against the MAGAts!! Unity💙

She lost by almost 4,000 votes. Recounts in modern American history have never come close to swinging that many votes. Shes already conceded, and good for her for doing so.

She should not, honestly. We're 80 days out from the general, the vote will not change significantly (she actually performed exactly as pollsters expected, crowley was the outlier here, and probably mostly because of Evers' endorsement) and it makes much more sense to concede and move on.

There will be other elections. If you want to be a leftist in the US, get used to losing. We've been doing it for a very long time. There's organizing to be done, still, and Hong did well enough that she could absolutely run again for just about anything in WI and reasonably win next time.

Good idea to do that in Madison and one or two other counties she scored big in. After that, the abolish-the-police-and-Thanksgiving candidate is a liability.

In a midterm? Yeah I think we probably can. And probably should. Trump is in the WH and the Supreme Court is still crazy, the next Congress isn't going to pass any progressive legislation if it's effective at all it will be as a check on Trump.

Glad to hear this. I'm not surprised. If Haley shares the stage (multiple times) with El Sayed, his chances of winning obviously improve. Crockett doing the same would clearly help Talarico. In this instance transcending hurt feelings and anger to help one's rival is the noble path.

Great news! I want democracy! This authoritarian sh!t is a NIGHTMARE! The worst I've ever seen it, and I remember becoming politically aware when Reagan was selling 'trickle down' to this dipsh!t country.

I voted for her. Tom Tiffany is scum but in many parts of WI there are those in he maga cult and believe the BS. We need to make sure all that voted Democrat to stand together or this state will be screwed if Tiffany wins in nov

I have been pleased with the recent Democratic primary candidates immediately getting in line behind the primary winners. Now if we could get the rest of the Democratic leadership to do the same or, at least, get out of the way.

She actually did endorse him when she conceded the primary … but, yeah, she hasn’t had anything good to say about him yet and has not agreed to campaign with him. Hope that changes - she’s an amazing talent and could really boost his chances

Keep it together as one. Bring a plan for success. The pain and struggles are real. Voters are more than ready for a change. You have honesty and justice on your side. I have no doubt you are more knowledgeable and respectful than your opponent. Make it happen. Mr. Crowley.

David Crowley will make an excellent governor! tom tiffany is just a yes man for donald trump and would destroy Wisconsin just trump is doing to America!

Limbaugh was on 16 stations in Wis so probably 30 +RW Trump stations for the state, all repeating "communist" and getting calls about Thanksgiving, some payed callers, possibly amped by Rssn soc media (they do). Now they'll direct all that free shit at Crowly and Dems, progs incl stations like

Stay on message. Don’t let media tools sidetrack the message. Don’t even try to get votes from magats. Affordability, equality of justice, voting rights & representation, safety for communities and community members.

Seems like Wisconsin democrats narrowly selected the person with deeper administrative experience- which is what a state governor does - administer the state’s government resources

Agreed, define affordable, because it seems they just fling out that word, but do nothing except try to patch up Romneycare, which is insulting to say the least. The US is the only wealthy Democratic country without Universal healthcare. Anything less than a strong public option is unacceptable.

Indeed, Crowley is a loser who dropped out and came back in. He had to have Tony Evers spread Propaganda and fear about how Progresssives cannot win in the General election. If such scare tactics were not deployed, Hong would have won. I'm actually more concerned about how unelectable Crowley is...

As a non-American it is fascinating to me watching a social media and pundit space obsessed with the divisions in the Democratic Party, but when you actually see people running, they all seem to know what the actual mission is. It’s a good sign.

If the rumors are true Jasmine Crockett is heading to Hollywood. Hopefully the rumors are true. She will do well and reach a much larger audience with her fight and fury.

The MSM is anti-Democrat. They are only keen on progressives when they aren't actually progressive like Trump, and if it's a centrist vs. a left progressive, they thrown in with the centrist. Funny how that works. But it's true, the real mission is to get Trump and Republicans out of office.

Because we literally just did all this in Trump 1.0 just a few years ago, and all the people that got us here are now again saying they’re the ones who can fix it and get us out of it now. It’s insanity.

The divisions are very real and there’s a lot of frustrations with “Allies” but also we know what’s important. Also, honestly, it’s very rare for a defeated left candidate to denounce a winning “moderate.” It’s the other way around that happens more often.

Yes, and. There are also incentive structures for unity. Given the razor sharp margins I’d say Hong has as promising a future as any “loser” does. I see her running for Senate in 2028 and “loyal Dem with good will in Madison” plays much better than “spiteful socialist responsible for GOP governor”

I think she’s better suited for the House. While I like her politics her lack of executive government experience was a big red flag for the governorship. And yes, Ben Wikler looks poised to go after the senate seat.

Many divisions were manufactured by foreign propaganda and right wing propaganda. Their entire purpose is to cause any division however small. Then act as an ally while actually further striking any fire. It worked against Kamala Harris. The child rapist rigged the election and still nearly lost.

Andrew Cuomo is the most prominent easy example. You're quite right that *most* Democrats are aligned, but it's far from universal. Many, especially older "moderate" Democrats, would clearly prefer fascism to anything even vaguely "socialist." Carville is another.

Most. Not all. Yes, the media/pundit space may be overplaying division, but there are some serious corporate dinosaurs in the Democratic Party who are very out of touch and not aligned with the rest (or the public).

A lot of the division is created, cultivated by the 1500 coordinated talk radio stations that Dem, progressive leadership copmpletely ignore. For instance people were surprised by polls being off, w/no clue 30+ stations in Wisc & 50+ in Mich were all increasingly calling El-Sayed and Hong

Mainstream & social media look for clicks and "engagement." To attain those, they dramatize & embellish the nature & degree of Democrats' intra-party contests, then incorrectly describe them as "conflicts." It is, as Hegel described, a dialectic process, not necessarily a high-conflict process.

Democratic socialists are all Dems and play by Dem rules. I'm also proud of Michigan's more centrist Dems for jumping on the El-Sayed train!

Because you lose a primary doesn't mean you stop being a Dem. We all need to work against gop voting corruption. Ka$h is headed to Russia for more election hacks and the gop deniers are coming out of the woodwork. Time to become a wall of obstruction to the gop corruption.

Problem is Crowley and the establishment being in bed with corruption themselves. Crowley is fine with more AI data centers. By his own admission. And you wonder why many young people don't trust democrats or the establishment.