Dana Perino Corners Socialist Francesca Hong on Her Vow to Abolish the Police

Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong struggled Friday to square her past calls to abolish the police with her current campaign message when Fox News host Dana Perino pressed her on the record.

Fox News anchor Dana Perino on Friday pressed Francesca Hong, the Democratic primary frontrunner in the Wisconsin governor’s race, over her association with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and past comments about law enforcement.  In social media posts in 2020, the gubernatorial candidate called to “defund t

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong has pushed a socialist wish list during her time in the state Assembly, backing everything from publicly funded grocery stores and a state-owned bank to race-based grant programs and doulas for pregnant women in solitary confinement, according to a Washington Examiner an

Francesca Hong's campaign said her values on police and prison abolition haven't changed, even as she pledged to preserve law enforcement funding.

Wisconsinites have a high-stakes decision to make in the Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 11: whether or not to elect the first socialist governor in the state’s history, Francesca Hong. A Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and college dropout who, before she was elected to the state legislature in

The five Democratic candidates for governor in Wisconsin almost entirely refrained from lobbing attacks at each other during their first and only debate Tuesday night, even as the volatile race enters its final two weeks.

Hong's candidacy could become the most significant test yet for Democratic socialists in a critical battleground state.