Wisconsin Socialist Francesca Hong’s GWN Cleanup

Democratic Socialist Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong went on GWN Monday night time with a likelihood to calm Democrats already nervous about their seemingly nominee for governor. She left them with a prison-free world still on the want record, Thanksgiving still inflicting “considerable pain,” and the continued existence of the Senate, Supreme Court and prisons endorsed with one important qualifier: “right now.”

Host Kaitlan Collins needed one follow-up query to transfer Hong from a flat denial to “aspirational.”

Hong leads the sector forward of Wisconsin’s Aug. 11 major. Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes dropped out last week after acknowledging that polling had made the seemingly nominee clear. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is backing Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who returned to the race after briefly dropping out.

The marketing campaign doesn’t cover Hong’s ideology. Its web site describes her as a Democratic Socialist. Establishment Democrats have spent the closing weeks scrambling for an various. Collins gave Hong the national tv model of an exit ramp. Hong stored driving.

Collins began with prisons, taking part in a clip of Bill Maher responding to Hong’s May assertion that her “perfect world” would have no prisons because no person can be disposable. Maher’s reply was significantly shorter: “unlawful killing victims are.”

Collins: “Do you still hold the view that in a perfect world, it would be a world without prisons?”

Hong: “It may be aspirational… The system right now is incarcerating more black and brown men than any state in the country right now.” pic.twitter.com/z0bUfot7d9

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 4, 2026

Hong opted to ramble:

“I think talking about what may be aspirational and then understanding the role of the governor, what they can and cannot do, and what is implementable right now. These are different conversations.”

Then got here the detour. Hong moved through faculty funding, mental health and habit treatment, housing, healthcare, restore cafes and bowling alleys. Collins finally dragged the interview back to the query: Did Hong still consider a good world would have no prisons?

Hong called the concept “aspirational” and said it belonged to a “different conversation” from what a governor might implement now. She criticized Wisconsin’s incarceration charges and complained that opponents have been centered on “labels or slogans” instead of options.

So the prison-free world survives. It just isn’t in the first-term agenda.

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Collins next requested Hong which elements of the national Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) platform she opposed. The program calls for totally abolishing the police and prison system, abolishing the Senate, changing the president and Supreme Court with our bodies chosen by and subordinate to Congress, and putting the nation’s largest firms under public possession. A modest governing blueprint.

Hong’s objection to abolishing the Senate was tactical. Democrats may win a majority, she explained, so eliminating it was not sensible. Asked whether or not she supported the existence of the Senate, Supreme Court and prisons, Hong said yes, “right now.” She also volunteered that she needs to develop the Supreme Court.

Right now. Wisconsin voters can resolve how comforting that sounds.

Then Collins requested about a deleted November 2020 post from Hong that had resurfaced.

Francesca Hong: “Cancel Thanksgiving.” pic.twitter.com/TZShfz6cvU

— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) July 31, 2026

“Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621. If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed Indigenous folx and women so be it.”

After studying the tweet on air, Collins requested whether or not she still believed Thanksgiving must be canceled. 

Collins: “Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be cancelled?”

Hong: “Thanksgiving is a time that is incredibly painful for many people in our communities.” pic.twitter.com/wPKUD8PJOT

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 4, 2026

Hong answered by discussing her culinary resume. She is a chef. She cooked a Thanksgiving meal for her group at 16. She owned a restaurant, which collapsed, and believes in bringing people together around a desk.

The phrases “Thanksgiving should not be canceled” never arrived.

It seems Thanksgiving isn’t the only vacation Hong has difficult emotions about. One tweet famous that her deleted posts lengthen to the Fourth of July (fireworks not loved) and Valentine’s Day (capitalism telling you how to show love).

It appears that Francesca Hong hates just about every single vacation. pic.twitter.com/VVHnu9atAw

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 3, 2026

Instead, Hong said the vacation is “incredibly painful” for many people, famous that a number of views exist, and added that views can evolve. She completed by arguing that her background as a chef would make her a better governor because she might deliver more people to the desk. Plenty of desk speak. Still no reply.

Hong had two simple alternatives to retire the statements now following her into the ultimate week of the first. She instead stored a world without prisons as an aspiration, defended the nation’s basic establishments for the second, and handled a protection of Thanksgiving like a political entice.

Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin (WI-07), the presumptive Republican nominee, hardly wants to cut the assault advertisements. Collins did the interview for him

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will decide the destiny of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must preserve control of both chambers of Congress.

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