Wisconsin's Dem Socialist Candidate for Governor Defends Her Call to 'Cancel Thanksgiving'

Chris Nesi : Aug 5, 2026
New York Post

[NYPost.com] A socialist Dem running for Wisconsin governor became visibly uncomfortable and served up a word salad when asked whether she still stands by her call to "cancel Thanksgiving" because it is "celebrating colonialism." At the height of the Covid pandemic, Francesca Hong, who is the frontrunner to become the Democratic nominee in America's Dairyland, said that the beloved holiday needs to be scrapped, and that America "should have done this in 1621." She added: "If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed Indegenous [sic] folx [sic] and women so be it."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)