Former baby actress and OnlyFans mannequin Renee Olstead is reportedly serving in a senior function on Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong’s gubernatorial marketing campaign forward of subsequent week’s Democratic main.
Olstead, who additionally goes by Renee Faust, is serving as Hong’s deputy marketing campaign supervisor, in line with The Heartland Publish.
Hong, a Democratic socialist, is among the many candidates competing in subsequent week’s Democratic gubernatorial main.
The outlet reported that Olstead has labored as a paid marketing campaign operative since at the very least January. Her X bio reads “HONG 4 GOV” and hyperlinks to Hong’s get-out-the-vote web page.
Her social media account additionally options pictures from marketing campaign occasions, and The Heartland Publish reported that she has coordinated logistics for high-profile surrogates, together with streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker.
Fox Information Digital requested Hong’s marketing campaign to substantiate Olstead’s title and tasks, when she started working for the marketing campaign, whether or not she is a paid worker and her {qualifications} for the function. The marketing campaign responded with a press release however didn’t immediately handle every query.
“Renee Faust is a licensed psychological well being clinician who has spent her profession offering care to trafficking survivors,” the marketing campaign mentioned.
“Since becoming a member of the marketing campaign in December, she has helped construct the biggest grassroots marketing campaign in Wisconsin historical past. The proper-wing politicians attacking her are the identical ones who need authorities dictating girls’s well being care choices.”
Olstead beforehand based the Coalition for American Intercourse Staff (CASW – LOCAL 304), which advocates for decriminalization and different coverage adjustments affecting intercourse staff.
Final 12 months, Hong and three different state representatives offered Olstead with an official Wisconsin State Meeting quotation recognizing her advocacy for intercourse staff’ rights and her choice as “Penthouse Pet of the Yr” in 2024.
The marketing campaign didn’t immediately reply to a separate query from Fox Information Digital asking Hong to clarify her choice to take part in presenting Olstead with the quotation and what she supposed to acknowledge.
Hong has additionally pursued laws that will decriminalize prostitution involving adults and set up a intercourse staff’ invoice of rights.
Wisconsin Household Motion, a conservative advocacy group primarily based in Madison, criticized Olstead’s involvement in Hong’s marketing campaign.
“Wisconsinites should have severe individuals main the state. It’s unbelievable to see that the possible Democratic nominee for governor has an lively intercourse employee main her marketing campaign,” Daniel Degner, president of Wisconsin Household Motion, mentioned in a press release.
“Voters should know whether or not if Hong is elected, she is going to elevate a porn star to management in her administration.”
Hong has beforehand expressed assist on social media for progressive proposals together with abolishing the US Senate and defunding the police, although she has lately distanced herself from a few of these positions in interviews forward of Tuesday’s gubernatorial main.
Hong faces Milwaukee County Govt David Crowley, former Wisconsin Division of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan and Democratic state Sen. Kelda Roys within the main.
Hong additionally confronted renewed scrutiny over a since-deleted 2020 X put up calling to “cancel Thanksgiving” with a purpose to “cease celebrating colonialism and the unique superspreader occasion that killed Indegenous [sic] folx and ladies.”
She lately distanced herself from the put up, telling Politico that Thanksgiving is her “favourite vacation” and that she doesn’t need to cancel it.
“My favourite vacation is Thanksgiving,” Hong instructed Politico Playbook. “Yep, I don’t need to cancel it. I really find it irresistible.”
