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DSA gov. nominee Francesca Hong is the turkey who wants to ruin Thanksgiving, then Wisconsin, then America

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Francesca Hong is running to be the next governor of Wisconsin, but she can’t decide if she wants to be the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving, too.

Thanksgiving? We’re talking about Thanksgiving in August?

That’s because the Democratic primary frontrunner and DSA darling is embroiled in a turkey tempest of her own making.

In 2020, she tweeted that we should stick a carving knife in the national holiday of gratitude because it was “celebrating colonialism.”

Earlier this week, Hong — who owned a restaurant before she was elected to the state assembly — was asked about her six-year-old tweet on CNN.

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She served up a mealy mouthed answer, saying the holiday is “incredibly painful for many people in our communities.”

Then, by Wednesday, the socialist lunatic did a U-turn so hard it left tire marks on the road.

In an interview with Politico, she proclaimed, “My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving…I don’t want to cancel it. I actually love........

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