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Wisconsin's DSA star laments biracial son's 'whiteness'

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“The new socialist star” on the far left has emerged, but her reign may be short-lived. Francesca Hong, a self-described democratic socialist, is running for governor in Wisconsin. However, the people of Wisconsin don’t seem that impressed with her belief system. “Now, I don’t think people in Wisconsin love socialism,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere tells co-host Dave Landau. “The polling doesn’t say that.” Pointing to a Marquette Law School poll, Stu reveals that 31% of Wisconsin voters view DSA candidates favorably, while 54% view them unfavorably. But even worse than Wisconsin voters' views of socialism, Hong doesn’t even view her own son favorably. She made this clear in an interview on Listen MKE. In the interview, Hong explained that as a child of immigrants who married a white man, her child has a negative proximity to whiteness. “I wasn’t always aware of the struggles of other communities of color because for me assimilation always kind of took over. And so I did marry — and proxim