Wisconsin Democrat gubernatorial front-runner Francesca Hong argued in a resurfaced post that Americans should “cancel Thanksgiving,” according to a since-deleted 2020 tweet circulating online days before the state’s August 11 primary.
Hong, a state representative from Madison and self-described democratic socialist, made the comment in November 2020. The post resurfaced this week as she sits atop the polls in a crowded Democrat field, and it drew mockery across social media, according to Fox News Digital.
“Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621,” Hong wrote. “If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed Indegenous folx [sic]...
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