Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong faces questions after prior Thanksgiving “cancel” post, according to TV interview

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong faced renewed questions about whether she still supports “canceling Thanksgiving” after a recent interview in which an anchor pressed her on an earlier social media post the report describes as disparaging the holiday.

The account, published Tuesday by the New York Post, said Hong appeared uncomfortable when asked if she was seeking to “cancel Thanksgiving,” and that her response became “rambling” and difficult to pin down as the interviewer pressed for a clear answer. The report identified CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins as the interviewer.

According to the New York Post, the question drew from a post in November 2020 on a social media platform in which Hong appeared to disparage Thanksgiving. The report characterized the 2020 post as one in which Hong suggested “canceling” or rejecting the holiday, and it framed the latest exchange as an effort to determine whether the earlier post reflected her sincere view.

The report did not cite a specific order or official policy proposal tied to Thanksgiving or holiday celebrations. Instead, it described the exchange as a focus on Hong’s stated position and whether the prior message should be taken at face value.

Hong’s candidacy is part of the Democratic effort to win the Wisconsin governor’s office, a statewide position that can influence how the state funds and administers public programs and how it sets priorities on education, public health, regulatory issues, and state enforcement actions. In that context, media attention to Hong’s language about a widely observed national holiday may matter less for immediate state operations than for what it indicates about her approach to speech, cultural institutions, and public-facing rhetoric.

The New York Post report did not provide additional context from other interviews or from a broader set of Hong’s past statements beyond the 2020 social media reference. It also did not provide a direct quote of a complete clarification from Hong that definitively resolves whether she would support any policy action or whether she intended the 2020 message as commentary rather than a literal agenda.

Because the central claims in the episode are based on a media account of a television interview and an earlier social media post, additional primary verification would be needed to confirm the precise wording of the 2020 message and to document the full exchange from the interview before concluding what Hong’s position is, and in what form, if any.