The Democrat running for Governor of Wisconsin was diagnosed as bipolar, had a mental breakdown, was put in psychiatric hospitalization, did self-harm by cutting, and had a lithium overdose

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Francesca Hong admitted all of this in a 2023 interview.

“I had a mental breakdown.:

“I had been hospitalized for a week… I just felt like nothing had meaning anymore.”

“It was a numbness that took over, and a pain that I couldn’t describe. I couldn’t feel anymore, and that scared the hell out of me. And I found myself self-harming to feel something.”

When asked if she was cutting herself, Hong said “It was cutting. I was diagnosed with bipolar disease. I was taking SSRIs and I’d overdosed on lithium.”

She said didn’t walk in her high school graduation because of the breakdown.

Hong is currently the frontrunner in the Gubernatorial race in Wisconsin, and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America – which she is trying to distance herself from now, but still holds the core beliefs of the party.

Recent polls put her ahead of rivals including Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley among Democratic primary voters.

The winner faces likely Republican nominee U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in the November general election in the battleground state.

Hong has previously said she supports defunding the police and abolishing ICE and higher taxes.

Should a candidate’s documented history of serious mental health issues and self-harm exclude them from being in charge the population of an entire state?