{"id":40040,"date":"2026-08-12T04:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40040"},"modified":"2026-08-12T04:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:34:29","slug":"francesca-hongs-top-six-wildest-takes-from-years-of-trolling-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40040","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Hong\u2019s Top Six Wildest Takes From Years of Trolling on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5728619\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5728619\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5728619\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-1-39-05-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Francesca Hong\" width=\"1536\" height=\"950\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5728619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Hong campaign via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you were a hard-right MAGA loyalist looking to show your apolitical friend a prototype of an ultra-woke progressive, with no shortage of controversial takes, <strong>Francesca Hong\u00a0<\/strong>is a gift from the political gods.<\/p>\n<p>The democratic socialist and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate appears to be hardwired to spew eyebrow-raising opinions, with her 2021 call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/should-thanksgiving-be-canceled-socialist-candidate-cant-give-cnn-a-straight-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to cancel Thanksgiving <\/a>being an obvious example that has grabbed headlines recently.<\/p>\n<p>But it goes beyond that. Hong seems to hate about half of all major holidays, loathe capitalism, want to get rid of police, and have a self-inflicted allergy to white people. Although she has worked to walk back some of her takes in recent weeks, she&#8217;s an opposition researcher&#8217;s dream, and is currently going into Tuesday night&#8217;s Wisconsin Democratic Party primary for governor as the heavy favorite to win the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s my opinion, but I&#8217;ve got some examples to back it up. Check them out below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holiday Hater\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Hong griped in 2019 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/08\/05\/socialist-candidate-francesca-hong-hates-american-holidays-cancel-thanksgiving-attacked-by-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she felt &#8220;attacked&#8221;<\/a> when the &#8220;IT bro&#8221; at work changed her computer background to show snow and Christmas trees. She did not expand on why she felt threatened by it&#8230; or why she couldn&#8217;t just change the background again without complaining.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"e7a10050f7e2022f9d3c39a0845f4970\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IT bro who was working on &quot;our&quot; computer remotely changed the background theme to snow and Christmas trees. I feel slightly attacked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1207046482572042245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>She doesn&#8217;t love Valentine&#8217;s Day, either. Hong whined in 2022 &#8220;VDay&#8221; was a bogus holiday where &#8220;the worst of humanity comes out from folks &#8216;celebrating&#8217; on another day capitalism tells you how to show love.&#8221; How romantic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"8a61b0960f471daab061f4234157762f\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I miss working in a restaurant every day&#8230;except on VDay.<br \/>As if we weren&#039;t invisible enough to those who don&#039;t recognize the emotional &amp; physical labor of service work, the worst of humanity comes out from folks &quot;celebrating&quot; on another day capitalism tells you how to show love.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1493293767742402563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>And Hong has become synonymous with her deleted anti-Thanksgiving take, which recently resurfaced. Hong fumed the holiday is &#8220;incredibly painful&#8221; for many Americans and should have been aborted in 1621 \u2014 a claim she could only defend with a rambling 46-second non-answer when she was confronted by CNN&#8217;s <strong>Kaitlan Collins<\/strong> about it last week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><video id=\"b8os7ris\" poster=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/thumbs\/b8os7ris-720.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><\/video><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hong then did a complete 180 flip two days later and said Thanksgiving was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/francesca-hong-now-claims-thanksgiving-is-her-favorite-holiday-after-calling-to-cancel-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actually her favorite holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abolish Everything\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It might be easier to list the things Hong has <em>not\u00a0<\/em>called to abolish.<\/p>\n<p>The police? Check. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2026\/08\/03\/francesca-hong-on-abolishing-prisons-whats-aspirational-and-what-governor-can-do-are-different\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prisons<\/a>? Check. ICE? Check. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/07\/29\/francesca-hong-abolish-senate-lie-tom-tiffany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Senate<\/a>? Yeah, that too.<\/p>\n<p>Hong has called to abolish all of &#8217;em, like in 2021 when she said all cops have to go. &#8220;Police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can\u2019t be an option,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/22\/politics\/kfile-francesca-hong-wisconsin-governor-race-defund-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong declared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Bizarre Fixation on White People<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hong seems a bit obsessed with race.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/francesca-hong-walks-back-old-white-people-anxiety-remarks-12289009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> in 2019 that she was on the verge of having an anxiety attack at a Culver&#8217;s restaurant because there were too many &#8220;old white people&#8221; there who assumed she didn&#8217;t speak English. A year later, she claimed the restaurant industry had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/story\/whats-at-stake-for-the-restaurant-industry-this-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;deep roots in white supremacy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And beyond her aforementioned concern police &#8220;uphold white supremacy&#8221; by merely existing, she also admitted in 2021 she was worried about her &#8220;proximity to whiteness&#8221; due to her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son is biracial. He is half-white and half-Korean, and I think navigating, you know, what his identity is and how people perceive him is always at the back of my mind,&#8221; Hong said.<\/p>\n<p>The clip of Hong lamenting her son&#8217;s ethnic background cracked up <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> co-host <strong>Lawrence Jones<\/strong> last week, who found it hilarious the socialist \u2014 who was once married to a white guy \u2014 would complain about such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You slept with the guy!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fox-hosts-crack-up-over-democratic-socialists-proximity-to-whiteness-claim-you-slept-with-the-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jones said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"dcqTQJVN\" poster=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/thumbs\/dcqTQJVN-720.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><\/video><\/p>\n<p><strong>She Slammed the Bar &#8216;C*nts&#8217; Who Protested Covid-19 Restrictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hong was livid in 2020 when The Tavern League of Wisconsin \u2014 a state trade association and lobbying group \u2014 protested restaurant restrictions due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Hong posted the &#8220;corrupt, crooked, c*nts at The Tavern League do not represent the interests of all bars and restaurants,&#8221; and said she had &#8220;pleaded&#8221; for months for restaurant workers to get &#8220;united messaging&#8221; on pandemic restrictions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"d9087e8f44d6977d3efbee9a52b93596\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please note that the corrupt, crooked, cunts at The Tavern League do not represent the interests of all bars and restaurants. Since March I have pleaded that we need united messaging, a plan and policy in place to protect public health and local economy. We still have neither.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1316213558561079296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Down With Capitalism\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hong would make <strong>Karl Marx<\/strong> proud with some of her posts over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1498851956261072901?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> &#8220;Capitalism without competition is exploitation&#8221; during then-President <strong>Joe Biden&#8217;s<\/strong> State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>And two years earlier, she tied capitalism to racism and sexism, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1310019345653825537?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posting<\/a> that Wisconsin&#8217;s politicians &#8220;do not f*cking care if Wisconsinites die, especially since those who are dying are disproportionately POC. Protecting white supremacy patriarical capitalism is their only priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Top Notch Trump Basher\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hong wouldn&#8217;t be a viable democratic socialist unless she had a few posts where she ranted against the president. And she certainly has some.<\/p>\n<p>Hong has posted about Trump sending his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1286407717570129921?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;SECRET POLICE&#8221;<\/a> after citizens, accused him of &#8220;blatant and racist&#8221; voter suppression, and claimed the president and his followers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1511822658496872449?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peddle<\/a> &#8220;Fraud, Fear, Fascism, and F*ckery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She has kept the Trump hate going in 2026, with Hong appearing to endorse assassinating the president by <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/david-manney\/2026\/08\/04\/from-cancel-thanksgiving-to-86-trump-hong-keeps-telling-us-who-she-is-n4955805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> it was &#8220;about f*cking time we 86 Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/opinion\/francesca-hongs-top-six-wildest-takes-from-years-of-trolling-on-the-internet\/\">Francesca Hong\u2019s Top Six Wildest Takes From Years of Trolling on the Internet<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Hong campaign via AP) If you were a hard-right MAGA loyalist looking to show your apolitical friend a prototype of an ultra-woke progressive, with no shortage of controversial takes, Francesca Hong\u00a0is a gift from the political gods. 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