On the record · Updated October 1, 2026

Elena Moore quotes

NPR political reporter

1 things Elena Moore said, verbatim, on August 14, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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Hong's past comments on policing and Thanksgiving, more than her broader agenda, decided her narrow defeat.

Qualifies Aug 14

running on this antiestablishment message may be politically popular right now, but the messenger still matters, too

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The New York Times reporting, cited by Reason Supports

Hong faced a barrage of negative press in the election's final days, after six-year-old social media posts surfaced in which she called to defund and abolish the police and 'cancel Thanksgiving.'

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