Democratic Socialist candidate Francesca Hong, a frontrunner in Wisconsin’s governor race, faces renewed scrutiny after a resurfaced social media post in which she called for Americans to “cancel Thanksgiving.” According to reports, the post originated in 2020 and is described as urging people to abandon or cancel the holiday. The content is reported to have been posted on Twitter and has since been deleted, but the remark is now circulating online ahead of Wisconsin’s August 11 primary.
Fox News and Breitbart both focus on the same incident, noting that the post has resurfaced shortly before the election and is being used by critics to question the candidate’s views. The accounts characterize the candidate as a Democratic Socialist and describe her as a leading contender in the race. The reporting also emphasizes the timing—days before the primary—while providing the central detail that Hong previously wrote that Thanksgiving should be canceled. Neither outlet’s summary provides additional context for the statement beyond the existence of the deleted post.
