Democratic socialist Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong said that Thanksgiving was her "favorite holiday" on Wednesday and that she has no interest in canceling it despite her past controversial X posts."My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving," Hong told Politico Playbook, which in an X post wrote that Hong was "joking." "Yep, I don't want to cancel it.I actually love it."Hong explained that the holiday was a "big event" for her family members and their in-laws.SOCIALIST FRONTRUNNER IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER 'CANCEL THANKSGIVING' POST EMERGES ONLINEWisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong faced backlash for several deleted X posts, including one calling to "cancel Thanksgiving." (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)"You know, I'm just...
I'm going to be real," Hong said."I'm kind of a curmudgeon when it comes to holidays in general."Hong was responding to the backlash she faced for a now-deleted post, which was initially made on X in November 2020, after she appeared to draw comparisons between the deadly pandemic and the Thanksgiving holiday."Cancel Thanksgiving.
Should have done this in 1621," Hong wrote, according to Fox News Digital’s previous reporting."If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed indigenous folx [sic] and women, so be it," she added, referring to the spread of smallpox that killed many Indigenous Americans.TOP WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CONFRONTED ON PAST 'DEFUND POLICE' RHETORICIn a statement to Fox News Digital, Hong's campaign previously said, "No, she does not want to 'cancel' Thanksgiving." However, Hong hesitated to give the same answer when asked if she still believes Thanksgiving should be canceled on CNN Monday.Francesca Hong initially hesitated to answer whether she still wants to cancel Thanksgiving during an interview on CNN.(Scott Bauer/AP Photo)"I’m a chef, and one of the first meals that I made that was for the...