EXCLUSIVE — Former Wisconsin Gov.Scott Walker shared his concerns about politics in the state amid the rise of democratic socialist Francesca Hong, while also arguing she's "undermining" her own campaign in a Fox News Digital interview on Tuesday.Hong, a Wisconsin state representative, is leading the field heading into Tuesday's Democratic primary, according to recent polling.
The far-left, 37-year-old former chef and single mother has courted controversy in recent weeks for her progressive platform and past rhetoric about abolishing the police, as well as her hot take on Thanksgiving."Cancel Thanksgiving.Should have done this in 1621," Hong wrote in a now-deleted November 2020 post to X.
"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.She has since said her views have "evolved," telling Politico Thanksgiving is actually her "favorite" holiday."Well one, I think it’s a sign she’ll say just about anything to get elected," Walker, who is now the president of Young America's Foundation, told Fox News Digital ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
"And finally, as she’s getting close, thinking she might actually be the nominee, people are telling her you cannot have outrageously outlandish ideas."WISCONSIN DEM SOCIALIST GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL DODGES WHETHER SHE STILL WANTS TO 'ABOLISH POLICE'Former Wisconsin Gov.Scott Walker speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, Feb.
23, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)"Not only on Thanksgiving.Doesn’t care for Christmas.
Heck, in Wisconsin, doesn’t like Culver’s cheese curds," Walker said, in reference to another of Hong's old social media posts."Those are all things that are wildly out of touch with the people that she’s going to need if she’s got a shot for the general election."Walker warned Hong, however, that she cou...