Cabango failed to make contact with the ball during the 77th-minute incident and instead caught O’Hare, who was making his first appearance following a £6.5m deadline-day transfer from Sheffield United.
Swansea manager Vitor Matos declined to discuss the decision after the match, explaining that he does not comment on refereeing calls and that Parkinson was entitled to express his own opinion.
O’Hare believed Cabango deserved a red card and said the 16-time international centre-back insisted that he had not made contact with him.
Parkinson also claimed Cabango had earlier grabbed Kieffer around the neck near the halfway line, an incident that resulted in a yellow card before the later challenge.
He pointed out that the same official dismissed Callum Doyle against Oxford last season for a tackle in which the player may have been slightly out of control.
Parkinson questioned how the referee distinguished between the two incidents. He argued that managers are regularly told an uncontrolled challenge that puts an opponent at risk should be punished with a straight red card, which he felt applied to Cabango’s tackle.
Wrexham created further opportunities to secure victory, but Parkinson remained satisfied with his team’s performance following their first win of the campaign, achieved away at Millwall in midweek.
Parkinson felt his team improved as the contest progressed and displayed experience and strong game awareness. His side are due to host Burnley on Tuesday before travelling to face West Ham United on Friday.
He added that staying competitive requires courage in attacking situations as well as sustained concentration, qualities he believed the team had demonstrated effectively across its previous two matches.
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