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state-run bank
Coverage of state-run bank in the Nexus archive.
- Socialist frontrunner in the hot seat after 'Cancel Thanksgiving' post emerges online
Francesca Hong, a gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin supported by the Democratic Socialists of America, faced online backlash over a deleted 2020 post advocating for canceling Thanksgiving due to its colonialist history. The post resurfaced as Hong gains momentum in the Democratic primary, with critics mocking her remarks and a 2019 comment about avoiding a Wisconsin restaurant due to anxiety around 'old white people.'