Francesca Hong, a Wisconsin state assembly member who is running for governor, called the first Thanksgiving “the original superspreader event.” In the height of coronavirus panic, in 2020, the Democratic Socialist assembly member posted a now-deleted post on x in support of canceling Thanksgiving, arguing that it celebrates colonialism – and that the first Thanksgiving was “the original superspreader” of deadly disease:“Cancel Thanksgiving. On Monday, when CNN asked if she still wanted Thanksgiving canceled, Hong shifted her criticism of the holiday and avoided addressing the “superspreader” slur. Hong recently defended both Socialism and Democratic Socialism in an interview with The Lever, an independent news outlet. I think democratic socialism is actually more about freedom than any other form of government.