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All that goofy stuff she said in the past doomed her.
There is a good reason why Bernie Sanders, Mamdani and AOC refused to endorse her.
This is such nonsensical bullshit. A tweet Hong made about Thanksgiving 6 years ago is not indicative of her actual policies today. She was never going to use the power of Governor to cancel Thanksgiving or whatever.
David Crowley's policies are far more likely to cancel Thanksgiving, what with him being friendly and open to opening data centers in the state. Data centers are highly unpopular in Wisconsin and Hong was the only Dem candidate willing to promise a moratorium on them like the people want. People making a big stink about "electability" or "Woke 1.0" are shifting attention away from important current day politics to nonsensical culture war distractions.
I agree with you, but it's not great that we've cultivated an electorate that doesn't account for people growing or changing their past positions.
Ah well, Wisconsin will get the representative they vote for; let's hope it works out for them.
People have to prove they can change. Just saying you're changed isn't enough. And if people don't want to be judged by the stupid shit they've said, maybe they shouldn't have said the stupid shit. We live in a country where politicians make promises they never deliver on. It's terrible optics to flip.
What does "proving one can change" look like?
Actions
Admitting one's stance has changed is an action. If you didn't know the answer to my question you could have just said so.
ah the hasan piker defense
"it was out of context and been apologised for already"
translation
"i'm a radicalised hypocrite that cannot be trusted"
the electorate figured out your bullshit
You've never changed your stance on anything with new information or just more time to consider the implications of the stance?