Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York criticized Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is running to be the state’s governor, for trying to ignore her socialist roots.
“Right now, she is running away from all of her record,” York said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday.
York questioned Hong’s campaign, which denied she had ever said she wanted to abolish the Senate, despite her posts on X indicating otherwise.
A Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor, Rep. Tom Tiffany, said Hong believes in all the Democratic Socialists of America ideas, which were listed in a viral video from DSA co-chair Megan Romer.
“This sounds a lot like DSA-backed @FrancescaHongWI,” Tiffany said on X on Sunday.
The video showed Romer confirming what the DSA platform stands for, including abolishing the Senate and replacing the presidency.
Hong’s campaign responded to Tiffany, saying Hong has never supported abolishing the Senate.
“Tom Tiffany is once again telling lies and inventing quotes, because he can’t run on his record,” Hong communications director Allison Geyer told Fox News Digital. “Rep. Hong has never called for abolishing the U.S. Senate. Tiffany cannot produce a single statement where she did, because it doesn’t exist.”
“There is a tweet online right now, never deleted, that says, ‘Abolish the Senate,’” York said.
Tiffany shared that post on X, which showed Hong’s exact words, “Abolish the Senate.”
York said Hong is “pretty much faithful to all the elements” of the DSA platform.
York argued that Republicans need to do more ahead of the midterm elections to capture voters.
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“It seems the best thing they [Republicans] can do is educate the public on what the DSA really stands for, and what these Democratic candidates who are members of the DSA actually stand for,” York said.
“Their strongest point is, ‘Well, we may not be that great, but the other side is crazy.’ Republicans are going to have to do more than that,” he continued. “They’re going to have to do more to show Americans that they are working to lower their cost of living and improve their economic condition.”