Socialist Governor Hopeful Has Kamala Moment When Asked About Canceling Thanksgiving
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explain a tweet. Instead she gave America a masterclass in the modern progressive two-step, the one where you say something bold and revolutionary when you think nobody outside your group chat is watching, then act baffled and wounded when a reporter asks you about it years later. Kaitlan Collins wasn't exactly playing gotcha journalism here.
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Wisconsin democratic socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong is refusing to dish out a straight answer after getting caught trying to carve up one of America’s most beloved holidays. In an appearance on CNN, Hong dodged the question when host Kaitlin Collins pressed her on a deleted 2020 social media post where the leftist politician declared
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explain a tweet. Instead she gave America a masterclass in the modern progressive two-step, the one where you say something bold and revolutionary when you think nobody outside your group chat is watching, then act baffled and wounded when a reporter asks you about it years later. Kaitlan Collins wasn't exactly playing gotcha journalism here. She just read the woman's own words back to her.
The deleted post wanting to cancel Thanksgiving isn't some obscure policy footnote you can wave away as old news. It's a window into how these candidates actually think about the country when they believe the cameras are off. Thanksgiving isn't a controversial holiday for ninety-nine percent of Americans. It's turkey, football, family fights about politics that everyone tries to avoid, and a genuine moment of gratitude that cuts across every income bracket and zip code. Wanting to torch that over some grievance narrative about American history tells you everything about the worldview underneath the campaign slogans.
What's funnier, and more revealing, is the refusal to just own it. If you believed it in 2020, defend it in 2025. If you don't believe it anymore, say so. Hong did neither, which is its own kind of answer. Voters in Wisconsin don't need a philosophy lecture on colonialism. They need to know whether the person asking for their vote respects the things they actually hold dear, and dodging the question on live television is not exactly a vote of confidence.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.