{"id":2637240,"date":"2026-07-29T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-socialist-gov-candidates-campaign-denies-she-wants-to-abolish-senate-despite-post-from-campaign-acct-saying-abolish-the-senate\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:54:14","slug":"wisconsin-socialist-gov-candidates-campaign-denies-she-wants-to-abolish-senate-despite-post-from-campaign-acct-saying-abolish-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-socialist-gov-candidates-campaign-denies-she-wants-to-abolish-senate-despite-post-from-campaign-acct-saying-abolish-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Socialist Gov Candidate&#8217;s Campaign Denies She Wants to Abolish Senate, Despite Post From Campaign Acct Saying &#8216;Abolish the Senate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-socialist-gov-candidates-campaign-denies-she-wants-to-abolish-senate-despite-post-from-campaign-acct-saying-abolish-the-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2637240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Francesca Hong, a candidate for Wisconsin governor affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-calls-out-large-bump-on-john-fettermans-neck-keep-your-eyes-on-this-lump\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson Calls Out Large Bump On John Fetterman...s Neck: \u2018Keep Your Eyes On This Lump...\">recently gained attention<\/a> by leading in a democratic primary, surprising many. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-flooded-pac-boosting-independent-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats flooded PAC boosting independent - Washington Examiner\">campaign faced scrutiny<\/a> over her past statements, including a tweet from 2021 where she called for abolishing the U.S.Senate,which her campaign now claims she does not recall posting. Critics, notably Republican candidate Tom Tiffany, accused her of radical positions such as abolishing police, prisons, and the Senate. while Hong\u2019s team denies current advocacy for these ideas, the existence of the 2021 post remains a point of controversy. The article highlights the broader challenge political candidates face when reconciling past statements with present positions, especially as campaigns are scrutinized for unambiguous rhetoric and recorded statements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Francesca Hong is the latest Democratic Socialists of America darling to shoot to a surprising lead in a Democratic primary, this one for Wisconsin governor.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a boon for U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the unopposed Republican candidate for governor. He\u2019s been noting that Hong, a former ramen shop owner and state assembly member, seems to echo a lot of the DSA\u2019s radical agenda \u2014 including abolishing the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-socialist-running-wisconsin-governor-calls-hospitals-cowardly-refusing-pediatric-sex-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong\u2019s campaign<\/a> accused him of \u201ctelling lies and inventing quotes,\u201d saying she never called for abolishing the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Except, of course, for that one time she posted on her current campaign account, \u201cAbolish the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The to-do began on Sunday, when DSA co-chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/socialists-plot-2028-white-house-run-trio-big-victories-even-causes-constitutional-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Romer<\/a> went viral for defending her positions on Fox News. This includes abolishing the police, abolishing prisons, abolishing the Senate, defunding the Department of War, and other such fun stuff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sounds a lot like DSA-backed @FrancescaHongWI,\u201d Tiffany said in an X post, along with the Romer video. \u201cSocialism is knocking on Wisconsin\u2019s door. This November, we slam it shut.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This sounds a lot like DSA-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI?\">@FrancescaHongWI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Does she want to abolish the police? Yep.<\/p>\n<p>Does she want to abolish prisons? Absolutely.<\/p>\n<p>Did she call for abolishing the U.S. Senate? Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Socialism is knocking on Wisconsin\u2019s door. This November, we slam it shut. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xEo8kKPIow\">https:\/\/t.co\/xEo8kKPIow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Tiffany (@TomTiffanyWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomTiffanyWI\/status\/2081492267835981902?\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hong\u2019s people reacted furiously to the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom Tiffany is once again telling lies and inventing quotes, because he can\u2019t run on his record,\u201d campaign communications director Allison Geyer told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/democratic-wisconsin-gubernatorial-candidate-doesnt-recall-abolish-senate-post-2021-campaign-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep. Hong has never called for abolishing the U.S. Senate. Tiffany cannot produce a single statement where she did, because it doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has spoken about police and prison abolition in the past as an aspirational goal, but it is not her current position, and it\u2019s not something she will pursue as governor,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe does not support replacing the presidency with the Supreme Court. Eliminating national borders isn\u2019t her position either, and it\u2019s not even part of the official DSA platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s go back to that \u201cRep. Hong has never called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-exec-floats-extreme-anti-kavanaugh-strategy-abolish-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abolishing the U.S. Senate<\/a>. Tiffany cannot produce a single statement where she did, because it doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d I mean, except for the one that exists:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Abolish the Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ndlENp9x2n\">https:\/\/t.co\/ndlENp9x2n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancescaHongWI\/status\/1360704499883536385?\">February 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t believe your lying eyes, America.<\/p>\n<p>And while that statement is from 2021, it\u2019s also an undeleted statement on an account which has become her official gubernatorial campaign account on X.<\/p>\n<p>But other than <em>that<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the discrepancy? \u201cHong\u2019s campaign told Fox News Digital that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">gubernatorial candidate<\/a> did not recall posting it,\u201d the network reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe post is from February 13, 2021, the day the Senate acquitted Donald Trump for inciting January 6th,\u201d her campaign said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe quote tweeted an analysis of that vote showing the senators who voted to convict represented roughly 70 percent of the country. It was a frustrated reaction to that day. It is not her current position, and it is not something a governor has any role in. She\u2019s running to lower costs, fund public schools, and make childcare affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Which raises the question, in what world is something you said something as \u201ca frustrated reaction\u201d equivalent to you not saying it, particularly if it\u2019s still up?<\/p>\n<p>Entire campaigns have been won or lost on such declarations, especially when said campaign insists they were never made and that they don\u2019t recall it and the candidate was just frustrated when she made the statement that she absolutely never made and forgets making.<\/p>\n<p>(She remembers the frustration that led to the post, you see, but not the post, which her people denied was ever made. Got that?)<\/p>\n<p>You can expect quite a bit more of this in the weeks and months to come, particularly with candidates like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abdul-el-sayed-crushed-michigan-debate-shady-middle-east-money-haul-nobody-knows-putting-money-pocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a> in Michigan, Troy Jackson in Maine, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/socialist-candidates-want-resurrect-green-new-deal-corpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melat Kiros<\/a> in Colorado. All of these people are uniquely unfit for office and have said things that make them uniquely unfit. 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