Socialist Voted Against Child-Grooming Bill. She Might Be Elected Governor.

The socialist frontrunner in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary hired a self-described “sex worker” to run her campaign and voted against a law that bans grooming children.

State Rep. Francesca Hong, who held a 20-point advantage in the polls going into Tuesday’s primary, was one of just six Wisconsin lawmakers to vote against a measure that bars adults from “engaging in a course of conduct, pattern of behavior, or series of acts with the intention to condition, seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child” to participate in sexual activity or pornography.

The bill overwhelmingly passed the Wisconsin State Assembly 93-6 and cleared the state Senate by voice vote before Democratic Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) signed it into law in March.

Hong, according to The New York Post’s report, has not publicly explained why she voted against the legislation. Others who voted against argued that it was redundant to existing state law.

The legislation initially came about as a response to the case of Christian Enwright, 31, — a teacher from Kenosha who pled guilty to 15 misdemeanor counts of “disorderly conduct” in connection with his interactions with students, including a 14-year-old girl.

“[Enwright] engaged in classic grooming behavior, preying on the vulnerability of at least one female student, under the guise of being a mentor, to foster and further a predatory relationship with her,” a school district investigator said.

In addition to inspiring the new anti-grooming law, Enright’s actions sparked a lawsuit by a student’s parents against both him and the school district. Media outlets did not publish the names of either the girl or her parents because she still attended school in the district.

Hong entered Tuesday’s primary as the clear polling frontrunner. The democratic socialist has raised eyebrows during the campaign with a number of her old social media posts — in which she called for the cancellation of Thanksgiving and suggested abolishing the Senate.

She has also called for defunding the police — a position she’s tried to temper throughout her campaign — as recently as 2021, saying, “Police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option.”

She also made headlines with her support for legalizing sex work, a point she punctuated by hiring an OnlyFans model to manage her campaign.