Bipolar Socialist Candidate Demands To End Thanksgiving

A Wisconsin socialist who once told America to “Cancel Thanksgiving” now calls it her favorite holiday, and that whiplash says a lot about today’s Democratic Party.

Story Snapshot

Francesca Hong’s deleted 2020 post urged Americans to “Cancel Thanksgiving” as colonialism and a “super spreader event.”
Pressed on CNN about whether she still believes that, Hong dodged a yes-or-no answer and leaned on “views can evolve.”
Days later, she told Politico that Thanksgiving is actually her “favorite holiday” and said she does not want to cancel it.
Conservatives argue the shift is a classic election-year flip-flop and a warning sign about the far-left direction of Democrats.

From ‘Cancel Thanksgiving’ To Calling It Her Favorite Holiday

Francesca Hong, a Democratic socialist and frontrunner for governor in Wisconsin, first walked into this storm in November 2020, during the height of the pandemic. In a post on what was then Twitter, she wrote, “Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621,” tying the holiday to colonialism and calling it “the original superspreader event” that killed Indigenous people and women. That post was later deleted, but screenshots and quotes have driven the current firestorm.

Hong did not stop at a single angry message. Around the same time, she referred to Thanksgiving as “the colonizer holiday” while pushing strict COVID rules, building a clear record of hostility toward the tradition. This language fit with her broader far-left rhetoric on race, policing, and American history, which critics say treats core national stories as shameful rather than shared. For many voters, especially conservatives, telling people to scrap Thanksgiving crosses a cultural red line.

Sidestepping On CNN When A Straight Answer Was Needed

That old post might have stayed in the past, but resurfacing during a tight governor race changed everything. On CNN, host Kaitlan Collins asked Hong point-blank if she still believed Thanksgiving should be canceled. Hong had one simple option that most adults would expect: “No.” Instead, she talked for nearly a minute about being a chef, cooking Thanksgiving meals at 16, and how Thanksgiving can be “incredibly painful” for many communities.

Hong finished by saying “views can evolve” and stressing that her hospitality background would help her “bring people to the table” as governor. She never answered yes or no. That dodge is what turned an old tweet into a credibility problem. From a common sense, conservative view, if you no longer stand by extreme language, you say so directly. When a candidate dances around a basic question, it looks like they want to keep the activist crowd happy while calming regular voters at the same time.

A Rapid Walk-Back Once The Backlash Hit

After her CNN performance drew heat from both right and left, Hong and her team scrambled. Conservative outlets blasted the interview as “word salad” and proof she still secretly backed canceling the holiday. Commentators asked what it says about Democrats that their leading candidate in a swing state cannot defend Thanksgiving without qualifiers. In response, her campaign told Fox News Digital that she does not want to cancel Thanksgiving, offering the clear “no” she avoided on air.

The real flip came next. On Politico’s Playbook podcast, Hong suddenly declared that Thanksgiving is her “favorite holiday.” She added, “Yep, I don’t want to cancel it. I actually love it.” That is the exact opposite of “Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621.” Voters are left to choose which version of Hong they believe: the activist who treats Thanksgiving as colonial harm, or the candidate who now loves the holiday once the polls and cameras close in.

What This Flip-Flop Reveals About Modern Campaigns

This fight does not exist in a vacuum. Old social media posts now act like landmines in every campaign, especially when they target something as widely beloved as Thanksgiving. Opposition researchers dig up the harshest lines, partisan media blast them out, and then the candidate’s response becomes a test of character. Hong’s case checks every box: a deleted post, radical framing of a shared tradition, a wobbly answer on national television, and a sudden rewrite of her story once the backlash grows.

Francesca Hong: the candidate who saw America’s favorite holidays and declared war. Cancel Thanksgiving, silence the fireworks, skip Halloween. Nothing says “ready to lead” like open hostility to joy itself. Grinchmaxxing for governor – bold strategy. pic.twitter.com/q1r7BdbiNG

— Jewels Jones ® (@JewelsJonesLive) August 6, 2026

From an American conservative perspective, the problem is not that someone once questioned parts of our history. The problem is a politician who talks like a radical activist when it is trendy, then tries to sound moderate when power is within reach. Many Wisconsinites may forgive a single hot-headed tweet. They are less likely to ignore a pattern where police, holidays, and national identity are all treated as disposable until the next focus group says otherwise. That is why this Thanksgiving flip-flop may haunt Hong far beyond this year’s turkey.