Racial politics stood out in a resurfaced clip of Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary frontrunner as a description regarding her own son called up notions of “a disease or something.”
No fan of the Senate or Thanksgiving, Wisconsin State Assemblymember Francesca Hong — with the support of the likes of Hasan Piker and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) — is expected to be the next Democratic Socialist of America candidate to advance to the 2026 general election.
Ahead of her August 11 primary, clips from a September 2021 interview have gone viral courtesy of Greg Price, including one where she appears to lament her own inescapable “proximity to whiteness,” referring to her own biracial son.
Appearing on “ListenMKE” as the hashtag “StopAsianHate” circulated for a panel discussion that included the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s then-interim Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Chia Youyee Vang, the daughter of Korean immigrants described herself as a “woman of color” while struggling to navigate “white spaces” in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.
“I wasn’t always aware of the struggles of other communities of color because, for me, assimilation always kind of took over. And so, I did marry — my proximity to whiteness continues,” said Hong, quickly glossing over her marriage and divorce to Matt Morris. “My son is biracial. He’s half-white and half-Korean. And I think navigating what his identity is and how people perceive him is always at the back of my mind as well.”
Francesca Hong describes having a half white son as “being in proximity to whiteness.” pic.twitter.com/Ix0j0nisnF
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 3, 2026
It was during the same conversation, supported by Milwaukee PBS, that featured the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Daphne Chen, that the elected official promoted her view that Marxist ideology should be a part of government-run school curriculum.
Hong said she wants to make sure “talking about racial identity and the role of race is ubiquitous in classrooms” at a time when corporate media was denying that Critical Race Theory was being pushed on students.
Francesca Hong says she wants to make “racial identity and talking about the role of race ubiquitous in school classrooms.” pic.twitter.com/Ij8z7GtC2E
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 4, 2026
In line with the platform of the DSA, the lawmaker has denied that she herself has called for the U.S. Senate to be abolished, with a spokesperson contending that GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany “cannot produce a single statement where she did, because it doesn’t exist.”
Meanwhile, her exact post on X that remains live as of this writing read, “Abolish the Senate.”
Yet another clip from a different discussion featured Hong deeming tipping culture as “racist” while asserting “The service industry is rooted in white supremacy.”
Francesca Hong: “The service industry is rooted in white supremacy. The history of tipping is racist.” pic.twitter.com/hOPQEuQtqK
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 3, 2026
Of course, the fact that Hong’s positions ostensibly appeared contradictory to the way she lived her life surprised no one given the number of prominent racially divisive figures who have either dated or married white partners.
As some reacted, “Radical in the streets, colonized in the sheets,” conservative podcast host and best-selling author Steve Deace diagnosed, “We are not merely up against a radical political philosophy or even mental illness. Those are just the outward symptoms. Their religion is the disease. Only religion compels our species to this level of devotion, which is why it’s so important to have the right one.”
We are not merely up against a radical political philosophy or even mental illness. Those are just the outward symptoms. Their religion is the disease. Only religion compels our species to this level of devotion, which is why it’s so important to have the right one. https://t.co/fW2TQHyDFj
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) August 5, 2026
I think she agreed to have proximity to whiteness when she had sex with the father. Just saying.
Radical in the streets, colonized in the sheets.
— Thaïs d’Escufon (@ThaisEscufon) August 4, 2026
Why do all these people who hate white people marrying and procreating with white people?
Proximity to whiteness. What a dumbass.
— Elon’s Other Son (@InCongressJuly4) August 3, 2026
This isn’t some random personal quirk.
Francesca Hong talking about her own half-White son as “being in proximity to whiteness” is pure Critical Race Theory language.
It comes straight out of the academic project of “deconstructing whiteness”— the idea that Whiteness itself is…
— Sabrina (LionHearted) (@LionHearted76) August 4, 2026
Yes. Just like Ilhan Omar and AOC, Francesca Hong married a white man. I feel bad for the kid if she is trying to raise him to disdain half of his heritage.
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 4, 2026
Goodnight mom, I love you.
Goodnight son, I love half of you. Be ashamed of your other half.
— Chris (@StreetglideCA) August 4, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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