SO Genuine! Francesca Hong's Slam on Thanksgiving Clearly Wasn't Polling Well for Her Campaign

Doug P. | 5:10 PM on August 05, 2026

Next Tuesday is the Wisconsin primary, and the frontrunners in each party are Republican Tom Tiffany and socialist whacko Democrat Francesca Hong.

Hong has so far been a gift to her likely GOP opponent in that he's been making campaign pledges based on her previous posts and remarks disparaging Thanksgiving, Christmas and even seemingly the 4th of July. Oh, and Valentine's Day too.

Here are Hong's previous remarks about Thanksgiving that have made the rounds.

"Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621."

That's the resurfaced message from Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong as she closes in on the Democratic nomination.

Another old post also has critics talking after Hong said she was on the verge of… pic.twitter.com/RA92kL5jbM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 1, 2026

Recently CNN's Kaitlan Collins performed a random act of journalism and challenged Hong on those remarks, and a massive word salad was served in response.

However, some internal polling must have caught the attention of Hong's campaign, because try not to get whiplash from this one-eighty.

BREAKING: Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong now says Thanksgiving is her "favorite holiday" — after previously calling for its cancellation.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) August 5, 2026

Yep, that's the new angle.

Francesca Hong WALKS BACK her 2020 tweet in which she wants to cancel Thanksgiving, telling Politico:

"I don't want to cancel it. I actually love it."

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— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 5, 2026