Socialist Dem Gov. frontrunner gives stunning response when asked if she still wants to ‘cancel Thanksgiving’

A candidate can't answer a simple question about Thanksgiving without turning it into a linguistics seminar, and that tells you something. This isn't a gotcha about pilgrims and turkeys. It's a five-year-old public post where she called for canceling a national holiday, and when a reporter finally puts the question in front of her, she can't just say "yes, I regret that" or "no, I meant it." She stalls. She hedges. She gives an answer that sounds like it was assembled by committee in real time.

That kind of non-answer is its own answer. If you actually believed the 2020 post was wrong, you say so in one sentence and move on. If you still believe it, you own it, explain your reasoning, and let voters decide. What you don't do is dodge a question about a holiday most Americans spend with their families because you're worried about which primary voters are still watching. It's not a hard question. It only becomes hard when your actual views don't poll well outside a very specific corner of the internet.

Wisconsin voters aren't looking for someone who parses her own old tweets like a hostage negotiator. They're looking for a governor who can give a straight answer about something as basic as whether Thanksgiving deserves to exist. If a candidate can't clear that bar on live television, it's fair to wonder how she'd handle actual pressure in office, on budgets, on crime, on anything that matters more than a turkey dinner.