Dave Weigel

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283 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 13 Aug

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Today, Explained · “Woke 1 was crazy” · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

These were popular positions when she s said them on the uh on the trail and it's not her campaign, this I think this this did work for her. matched

She campaigned in jumpsuits. matched

She wore a uh matched

bandana in her hair, very much to look like Rosie the Riveter. matched

She was a restaurateur chef uh i in Madison. matched

I actually went to her restaurant when it was open. matched

Um and her message was there is a working class majority that I'm going to capture. matched

But you mentioned the Thanksgiving thing. matched

Yes, she was very left wing. matched

That was her. matched

She, not just in 2020, uh, but on social media, for years just expressed very left-wing opinions. matched

If you were living in Madison in 2020, it'd be weird if you didn't say that. matched

That was the majority opinion for the community she represented, that like the the isthmus of Madison, one of the most left-wing places in the country. matched

And when she ran for governor, yes, those became problems for her. matched

And there was a great kind of a bank shot campaign by Democrats, which was there are a lot of Democrats who agree with her sentiment and are tired of being told you we need to nominate a some somebody more. matched

Centrist than you to be governor. matched

But Wisconsin Democrats have had this experience of a decade plus trying to win back control, knowing that the state's 50-50 in in presidential elections recently. matched

Hong's argument was we can re dramatically change this and and just with a populist campaign, we can reshape the electorate. matched

And the uh most Democrats were skeptical. matched

They just they just could not envision somebody with her. matched

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