2026-05-22T08:00:08.136Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
在民主党城市的市长们纷纷改口，放弃削减警察局预算的呼吁数年之后，威斯康星州州长竞选的一位顶尖民主党候选人却秉持着截然不同的立场：她不仅支持削减警察预算，还呼吁彻底废除警察部门。而且和党内许多人不同，她既没有删除相关帖子，也没有公开放弃这些主张。
根据美国有线电视新闻网KFile栏目对其社交媒体帖子、采访和声明的审查，弗朗西斯卡·洪曾多次呼吁废除警察局。
现年37岁的洪是州众议员，也是民主社会主义者。她2020年在X平台上写道，她支持“将削减警察预算作为废除警察部门的第一步”。她在2021年进一步表示，“警察的存在是为了维护白人至上。先撤资再废除。改革根本行不通。”
她正参与一场竞争激烈的民主党州长初选，对手包括副州长萨拉·罗德里格斯、前副总统曼德拉·巴恩斯、密尔沃基县行政长官戴维·克劳利以及州参议员凯尔达·罗伊斯，目标是赢得提名，在这个备受关注的摇摆州与共和党籍联邦众议员汤姆·蒂法尼对决。
根据马奎特大学法学院3月发布的民调，洪和巴恩斯是仅有的两位支持率超过两位数的候选人，分别为14%和11%。仍有65%的潜在民主党初选选民尚未决定支持对象。
巴恩斯本人2022年的参议院竞选就因过往言论陷入泥潭——这些言论最初由CNN报道，显示他曾暗示支持削减警察经费。巴恩斯的竞选团队当时对CNN表示，他“不支持废除移民海关执法局（ICE）或削减警察预算”。
在给CNN的一份声明中，洪没有否认自己过去支持废除警察局的立场，称这是“围绕警察废除制度展开的更广泛讨论”的一部分，其根源在于她认为“当前的系统行不通”。她表示自己不支持“任意削减”公共安全预算，也不会在担任州长后推行此类举措，但同时质疑当前的警察预算是否是“最优或高效”的资源使用方式。
当被直接问及是否仍支持废除警察制度时，洪在声明中表示：“虽然我设想一个公共安全不再等同于执法的世界，但我认识到这种范式转变是一个非常长期的愿景，而我当前的重点是为现在和我们的未来构建关怀体系。”
民主党对“削减警察预算”运动的反思在2020年大选后达到顶峰，当时该党在众议院选举中表现不佳，丢失了席位。2022年，众议院议长南希·佩洛西援引一位国会同僚的话宣称，“‘削减警察预算’的主张已经行不通了”。全美各地的民主党候选人都撤回了对削减警察预算的支持，包括密歇根州参议院的热门候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德，他删除了所有倡导“削减警察预算”运动的帖子。
就连深蓝城市的前支持者和同为民主社会主义者的人士也纷纷放弃了“废除”和“削减预算”的言论。在洛杉矶，市长候选人尼提亚·拉曼最近宣称该市不应再裁减警察；在纽约，佐赫兰·曼达尼明确告诉选民“我不会削减警察预算”。
有迹象表明，共和党仍认为将民主党与“削减警察预算”言论挂钩具有政治杀伤力。本周，参议院共和党人在推动《安全美国法案》——一项为移民海关执法局和边境巡逻队提供资金的法案——时，就警告选民警惕支持“削减警察预算”的民主党人。
威斯康星州共和党人已经开始强调洪过往的言论，试图将她描绘成对这个摇摆州来说过于激进的候选人。
洪曾是厨师和餐厅老板，2020年投身政坛，在一场竞争激烈的初选中参选威斯康星州议会代表麦迪逊部分地区的席位。她在新冠疫情最严重时期成功当选，部分原因是她利用了自己作为小型餐厅老板的背景——当时餐饮业受疫情冲击最为严重。
她同时也是美国民主社会主义者组织的成员。
尽管洪似乎保留了此前呼吁削减或废除警察的帖子，但她已经删除了其他一些内容。
她的推特简介多年来一直将所在地标注为“被占领的霍奇克族领地”——霍奇克族是北美原住民部落，其历史领地包括威斯康星州、明尼苏达州、爱荷华州和伊利诺伊州的部分地区。该简介在2023年3月之后被修改为简单的“美国威斯康星州”。
洪告诉CNN，她偶尔会更新社交媒体简介，称自己“想要承认整个州，而不仅仅是我的家乡麦迪逊”。她表示：“任何负责任的当选官员都应该认识到我们与部落邻居的关系。”
在2020年3月的一条已删除推文中，洪对白宫邀请全美顶级快餐连锁店参与政策讨论表示不满。“这就是那些决定食品政策的人……那些让特朗普变得又胖又橘的家伙。去他的，”她写道。
洪为这条推文辩护，告诉CNN，看着“唯一目的就是增加利润”的快餐高管影响健康和食品政策，“格外令人沮丧”。
她还删除了一些带有种族嘲讽的转发内容。2020年2月，她转发了一条推文：“白人男性特权的巅峰就是在0%选区报告结果时就宣布胜利 🥴”。
她还删除了一条转发内容：“只要我能说‘白人种族主义’，你们就可以说‘中国冠状病毒’。”
洪告诉CNN：“在特朗普的反亚裔言论在全美引发针对民众的暴力袭击之际，人们呼吁反对种族主义是完全合理的。”
即使在2021年就职后，洪依然支持废除警察制度。
在2021年的帖子中，洪呼吁“废除警察国家”，并辩称“改革从来都不是答案”。在一次电台采访中，她声称警察是在“虚假的法律与秩序保护伞”下运作的。
2020年7月盖洛普的一项民调显示，在种族正义抗议活动最激烈的时候，47%的美国人支持将警察预算转向社会服务，但废除警察局仍然是边缘立场，仅有15%的人支持这一想法。到2021年4月，Axios/益普索的民调发现，仅有27%的受访者支持“削减警察预算”运动，70%的人反对。
CNN首席数据分析师哈里·恩滕表示：“对比一下就知道，16%的美国人支持所在州脱离联邦加入其他国家，另有21%的人认为一夫多妻制是符合道德的。”
洪的一些言论发表于2020年8月威斯康星州基诺沙市雅各布·布莱克被警察枪击事件之后。当时29岁的黑人男子布莱克在试图被捕时被一名白人警察连开七枪，引发了持续数日的抗议和骚乱。
“当一个机构只能以暴力作为回应，因为它深深植根于由白人至上支撑的监狱体系时，优先事项可以而且只能是致力于废除这个机构，”她在2021年4月12日写道。
几天后，在芝加哥警察枪杀13岁的亚当·托莱多之后，洪转发了呼吁废除警察的言论，放大了“解除武装、削减预算、瓦解机构、彻底废除”的信息。
洪继续为这场运动的整体核心理由辩护。
尽管她拒绝透露自己是否仍支持废除警察制度，但在4月的一次竞选采访中，当被问及相关问题时，她没有直接拒绝削减警察预算的想法。
“我认为我们必须投资于有助于预防犯罪的领域——投资社区、我们的公立学校、社区中心、公共图书馆。当资源有限时，我们必须既要考虑可以削减的领域，也要考虑可以投资的领域，”她在4月接受当地电视台采访时表示。
但她过去的言论更为明确。
“@麦迪逊市 1. 削减警察预算 2. 削减警察预算 3. 削减警察预算 4. 削减警察预算 5. 制定2021年预算，”她在2020年6月的一条推文中写道。
‘Defund then abolish’: A leading Democrat in Wisconsin governor’s race urged abolishing police
2026-05-22T08:00:08.136Z / CNN
Years after mayors from Democratic cities reversed course on calls to defund police departments, one of the leading Democratic candidates for governor of Wisconsin is running with a starkly different record: she didn’t just back defunding police — she called to abolish them. And unlike many in her party, she has neither deleted those posts nor renounced them.
Francesca Hong has repeatedly called for abolishing police departments, according to a CNN KFile review of her social media posts, interviews and statements.
Hong, a 37-year-old state representative and democratic socialist, wrote on X in 2020 she supported “defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.” She later argued in 2021 that “police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option.”
She is competing in a crowded Democratic primary field that includes Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and state Sen. Kelda Roys for the right to face Republican US Rep. Tom Tiffany in the closely watched battleground state.
Hong and Barnes are the only candidates in double digits, 14% and 11% respectively, according to a Marquette Law School poll released in March. A significant share of potential Democratic primary voters – 65% – were still undecided.
Barnes himself saw his 2022 race for Senate bogged down for past comments, first reported by CNN, in which he signaled support for removing police funding. Barnes’ campaign told CNN then that he “does not support abolishing ICE or defunding the police.”
In a statement to CNN, Hong did not disavow her past support for abolishing police departments, calling it part of a “wider conversation around police abolition” rooted in her belief that “the current system is not working.” While she said she does not support “arbitrary cuts” to public safety budgets and would not pursue them as governor, she also questioned whether current police spending levels are an “optimal or efficient” use of resources.
Asked directly if she still supported police abolition, Hong said in a statement, “While I envision a world where public safety is not synonymous with law enforcement, I recognize that this paradigm shift is a very long term vision and my focus is building systems of care for now and for our future.”
Democrats’ reckoning with the defund the police movement came to a head after the 2020 election, when the party underperformed in House races and lost seats. In 2022, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared, quoting a fellow member of Congress, that “defund the police is dead.” Democratic candidates across the country have walked back their support for defunding the police, including Abdul El-Sayed, a leading candidate for Senate in Michigan who purged posts advocating the defund police movement.
Even past supporters and fellow democratic socialists in deep-blue cities have headed for the exits on the “abolish” and “defund” rhetoric. In Los Angeles, mayoral challenger Nithya Raman recently declared the city shouldn’t lose more cops, while in New York, Zohran Mamdani has explicitly told voters “I am not defunding the police.”
In a sign Republicans still see political potency in tying Democrats to the defund police message, this week Senate Republicans wrapped their push for the Secure America Act, a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol, in warnings about “defund the police” Democrats.
Wisconsin Republicans have already begun highlighting Hong’s past rhetoric as they seek to paint her as too far left for the battleground state.
A former chef and restaurant owner, Hong entered politics in 2020 by launching a campaign in a crowded primary for a Wisconsin State Assembly seat representing parts of Madison. She successfully ran during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in part by leaning into her background as a small restaurant owner just as the culinary industry was hit hardest by the pandemic.
She is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
While Hong appears to have maintained previous posts calling to defund or abolish the police, she has deleted other posts.
Her Twitter bio, which for years placed her location as “Occupied Ho-Chunk Land” – a Native American people whose historic territory included parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois – was changed sometime after March 2023 to simply read “Wisconsin, USA.”
Hong told CNN that she occasionally updates her bio on social media, and she “wanted to acknowledge the full state rather than just my hometown” of Madison. “Any responsible elected official should recognize our relationship with our tribal neighbors,” she said.
In a since-deleted tweet from March 2020, Hong lamented that the White House invited the nation’s top fast-food chains. “This is who gets to talk policy about food …the folks who keep trump orange and fat. F**k,” she wrote.
Hong stood by the tweet, telling CNN, it is “uniquely frustrating” to watch fast food executives “whose sole purpose is increasing profit influencing health and food policy.”
She also deleted reposts with race-based jabs. “Peak white male privilege is declaring victory with 0% of precincts reporting 🥴,” she retweeted in February 2020.
She also deleted a repost that read, “You all can say ‘Chinese coronavirus’ as long as I can say ‘white racism.’”
Hong told CNN, “During a time when anti-Asian rhetoric from Trump specifically was causing violent attacks on people across the country, it was completely reasonable for people to call out racism.”
Even after assuming office in 2021, Hong maintained support for abolishing police.
In posts in 2021, Hong called to “abolish the police state” and argued that “reform has never been the answer.” In one radio interview, she claimed that police operate under a “false umbrella of providing law and order.”
While 47% of Americans embraced calls to shift funding away from police departments toward social services at the height of racial justice protests, according to a July 2020 Gallup poll, abolishing police departments remained a fringe position, with just 15% supporting the idea of abolishing police. By April 2021 an Axios/Ipsos poll found that just 27% of respondents supported the “defund the police” movement, with 70% opposed to it.
“To put that in perspective, 16% of all Americans have been in favor of their state seceding from the union to join another country. Additionally, 21% believe that polygamy is moral,” said Harry Enten, CNN’s chief data analyst.
Some of the comments from Hong came after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020. Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times by a White officer during an attempted arrest, sparking days of protests and unrest.
“When an institution can only respond in violence because it is so deeply rooted in maintaining a carcerel system upheld by white supremacy, the priority can and only be to work to abolish the institution,” she wrote on April 12, 2021.
Days later, Hong reposted calls to abolish police following the 2021 fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer, amplifying a message that said: “Disarm. Defund. Dismantle. Abolish.”
Hong has continued to defend the broader rationale behind the movement.
Though she declined to say whether she still supported abolishing police, Hong did not directly reject the idea of defunding police when pressed on the issue during an April campaign interview.
“I think we have to make investments in what would help prevent crime —investments in communities, our public schools, community centers, public libraries. When there are limited resources, we have to look at where we can make cuts as well as where we can make investments,” she told a local TV news station in April.
But her past rhetoric was more explicit.
“@CityofMadison 1. Defund police 2. Defund police 3. Defund police 4. Defund police 5. Craft 2021 budget,” she wrote in one June 2020 tweet.
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