Wisconsin socialist Francesca Hong voted against anti-child grooming law responding to pervy teacher pursuing 14-year-old

Nypost · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 11, 2026 · 635 words · By Ryan King

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Wisconsin socialist Francesca Hong voted against anti-child grooming law responding to pervy teacher pursuing 14-year-old See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Wisconsin socialist Francesca Hong voted against anti-child grooming law responding to pervy teacher pursuing 14-year-old See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Wisconsin socialist darling Francesca Hong was one of just six lawmakers in the Badger State’s legislature to vote against an anti-child grooming law enacted earlier this year by Democratic Gov.

Common ground

The law — which bars adults from “engaging in a course of conduct, pattern of behavior, or series of acts with the intention to condition, seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child” into sexual activity or pornography — was in response to the case of former…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the school district’s human resources team received an anonymous tip about his behavior toward the teen in February 2024 and he was arrested, charged, and fired three months later”

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While the arrest and firing of Enwright are corroborated, the specific timeline of an anonymous tip in February 2024 leading to a May 2024 arrest is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the provided Wikipedia results for this claim are irrelevant (about Christianity).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At the end of World War II in 1945, members of the fascist Croatian ultranationalist and genocidal Ustaše regime from the collapsed Nazi puppet state of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) fled fro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WNBH (1340 AM) is a radio station in New Bedford, Massachusetts, owned by Hall Communications and broadcasting a variety hits format. The station's branding refers to its FM translator station, W267CY…
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Claim 2: ““Police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund then abolish. Reform can’t be an option,” Hong posted on social media in October 2021”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to corroborate the specific social media post from October 2021.

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Claim 3: “After police arrested Cook, a search of his home turned up multiple knives and machetes, boxes of ammunition and a Glock handgun with a laser attachment”

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Claim 4: “former Kenosha school teacher Christian Enwright, who was found guilty of a slew of misdemeanor counts for pursuing a relationship with a 14-year-old student”

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Multiple sources confirm Christian Enwright was a Kenosha teacher charged with multiple misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct related to a relationship with a student (though some sources specify the student was 13, others say 14).

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web search NEUTRAL — Leah Enwright, former KUSD Teacher and Christian’s Wife in Court Today (Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye). As the sentence was announced, Enwright’s wife, Leah—who recently gave birth to t…
https://kenoshacountyeye.com/2025/07/02/kenosha-judge-reject…

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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors said 29-year-old Christian Enwright was a teacher at Kenosha School of Technology.Enwright is facing 22 misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct. A detective on the case described his beha…
https://www.fox6now.com/news/fired-kenosha-teacher-pleads-no…

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web search NEUTRAL — 29-year-old Christian Enwright is charged with 22 counts of disorderly conduct.— A Kenosha teacher, accused of an inappropriate relationship with an underage student, has been criminally charged. This…
https://www.tmj4.com/news/kenosha-county/charges-filed-again…

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Claim 5: “Hong, the leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate ahead of Tuesday’s primary”

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While Francesca Hong is identified as a politician, the provided evidence does not confirm she is the 'leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate' for an upcoming primary.

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web search NEUTRAL — Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman' [3] It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, […
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web search NEUTRAL — Francesca Hong (born November 4, 1988) is an American politician, former chef, and business owner who has represented Wisconsin's 76th Assembly district in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2021. [3]…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Hong

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the latest trends and every day basics in women's fashion at Francesca's. Our carefully curated collection of women's clothing will make you feel put together and in style each season. Whethe…
https://francescas.com/category/clothing

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Claim 6: “Prosecutors say the two used the encrypted messaging service Signal to communicate for nearly three years”

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Claim 7: “The 37-year-old previously expressed support for both defunding and abolishing the police”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding her age or views on defunding/abolishing the police.

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Claim 8: “Enwright began reaching out to the minor on Snapchat in June 2023 and exchanged more than 600 messages with her, including sexualized comments about her appearance and images of himself in bed without a shirt”

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Multiple sources confirm the use of Snapchat starting in June 2023 and the exchange of over 600 messages in a short period, including sexualized content.

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web search NEUTRAL — Enwright started messaging the girl on Snapchat starting in June 2023.But a Kenosha Police Department report found that during a one-week period, Enwright exchanged over 600 messages with the girl, wi…
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/wisconsin-teacher-scandal…

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 about Christian Enwright allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student at the Kenosha School of Technology. 'I'm trying so hard to be appropriate LOL.'
https://www.theblaze.com/news/wisconsin-teacher-charged-with…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to testimony referenced by Nedweski, Enwright exchanged thousands of Snapchat messages with the student, including more than 600 in a single week, many of them sexual in nature.
https://kenoshacountyeye.com/2026/01/06/nedweski-pushes-felo…

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Claim 9: “Wisconsin socialist darling Francesca Hong was one of just six lawmakers in the Badger State’s legislature to vote against an anti-child grooming law enacted earlier this year by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers”

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Web search results confirm that Francesca Hong was part of a small minority (6 legislators) who voted against the anti-child grooming law, which was subsequently signed by Governor Evers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Wisconsin. Democratic Milwaukee County executive David Crowley and Republican U.S. re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Carl Crowley (; born May 14, 1986) is an American politician who has served as the seventh executive of Milwaukee County since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented W…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Francesca Hong (born November 4, 1988) is an American politician, former chef, and business owner who has represented Wisconsin's 76th Assembly district in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2021. She…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Hong

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Claim 10: “Enwight pleaded guilty in April 2025 to 15 misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and was sentenced that July to 15 months in jail and three years of probation”

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The claim states he pleaded guilty in April 2025 and was sentenced in July 2025. However, the evidence provided describes these events as having already happened (past tense) in sources that appear to be current, but the dates 2025 are in the future relative to standard training data. More importantly, the evidence confirms he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of disorderly conduct, but the specific dates provided in the claim (April/July 2025) conflict with the timeline of the case which was already being reported as sentenced in current web results.

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Claim 11: “After Evers signed the anti-grooming bill in March, it was used against 36-year-old Joseph W. Cook of Janesville, who was charged with preying on a cognitively impaired girl”

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Claim 12: “the Assembly approving it 93-6 and the state Senate passing it by voice vote”

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Web search results explicitly state the Wisconsin Assembly approved the measure 93-6 and the Senate approved it, with Governor Evers signing it as 2025 Wisconsin Act 88.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Wisconsin Assembly approved the measure 93-6 in January, with Hong joining the tiny minority voting against it. The state Senate later approved the legislation, and Evers signed it into law in Mar…
https://hannity.com/media-room/hongs-hard-left-record-wiscon…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Wisconsin Legislature voted on a number of proposed bills Tuesday. One resolution would put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Other bills were passed related to grooming and pay f…
https://www.fox6now.com/news/wisconsin-judge-pay-affirmative…

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web search NEUTRAL — Wisconsin Cheesemakers Just Created the World's Longest Cheeseboard.
https://www.foodandwine.com/food-news-7496849

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Claim 13: “The law — which bars adults from “engaging in a course of conduct, pattern of behavior, or series of acts with the intention to condition, seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child” into sexual activity or pornography”

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Multiple web search results describe the law as barring adults from engaging in conduct intended to condition, seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child into sexual activity or pornography.

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web search NEUTRAL — The law — which bars adults from “engaging in a course of conduct, pattern of behavior, or series of acts with the intention to condition, seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child” into sexual activit…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/wisconsin-socialist-fr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Breaking Wisconsin Breaking News. Wisconsin Felony Grooming Law Headed to Senate. By The Center Square.Wisconsin Democrat Governor Candidates Release Agitated Anti-Law Enforcement Rants After ICE Shoo…
https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/wisconsin-felony-grooming-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Wisconsin State Assembly responded to this by drafting a bipartisan bill that made it a felony to engage in any course of conduct clearly and obviously intended seduce or lure a child into engagin…
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420916

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