Winning that Thanksgiving Argument with Your MAGA Uncle

Thanksgiving is upon us and by all means engage in political discussions over Turkey to reduce the number of gifts you have to buy for family members at Christmas.

So when your MAGA uncle wants to start using his FoxNews talking points, here’s some you can use too:

• There was no Red Wave; Democrats actually lost control of the House in several close races by less than 10,000 votes.  Rep. Kevin McCarthy won’t be able to control the Freedom Caucus and endless investigations into Hunter Biden’s laptop won’t reveal secrets to solving inflation, immigration, or healthcare.  Remind them the FBI has had Hunter Biden’s laptop since 2019  when he and his father were private citizens.
• American voters rejected 2020 election deniers overwhelmingly.
• Lake Powell is no longer the driest lake in Arizona; that would be Keri.
• For all the talk of impeaching President Biden and various administration officials, the Democrats hold the US Senate and there’s no way to get to two-thirds to remove anyone. If Republicans couldn’t remove Donald Trump from trying to overthrow the Government, what makes Republicans think they will remove Biden?
• Ask them if they watched any of the January 6th committee hearings.
• Inflation will come up and high prices for groceries, gas, heating oil will be mentioned because inflation is at a 40 year high.  But corporate profits are at a 70 year high with fossil fuel companies — subsidized by US take dollars — are raking in billions in profits.
• Inflation is a global problem.  It’s at 10% in the UK.  It’s nearly 80% in Turkey.  Is this Biden’s falt too?
• Unemployment is near an all-time low.  President Biden creates more jobs in a month than Trump did in 48 months. And if Trump hadn’t mismanaged COVID19, job losses wouldn’t have been so bad.
• The budget deficit and national debt are lower under Biden than they were under Trump.
• Trump is running again simply because he wants to pardon himself from the six investigations into his business and presidency.  Will a new Trump DOJ allow this? Will the Supreme Court?
• In Georgia, Trump told the Secretary of State to find nearly 12,000 votes; it’s on tape.  It’s a crime.
• In New York City, the Trump Organization is being sued for fraud and the starting penalty is $250 million and could go has high as $2 billion.  The AG in New York has all the records and witnesses she needs and because it’s a state filing, Trump would be unable to pardon himself should he be elected again.
• Trump stole confidential records from the White House and some are so secret they cannot be publicly described.  He did not follow proper procedure to de-classify them.  If he did so in his head, poof — Biden just re-classified them in his head.  Was Trump planning to sell these to one of our enemies?
• For MAGA to say Democrats want to defund the police, Republicans want to defund the FBI and the IRS (and then how would we collect tax dollars to pay for things)?
• January 6+insurrection = treason.
• MAGA now stands for “Make (that) Asshole Go Away”
• Speaking of those 87,000 IRS agents, many of those hires are replacing retiring employees and backfilling open positions; they will target rich tax cheats not average Americans.
• When it comes to issues of cognitive decline, President Biden is 80. He has a stutter.  He has been a gaffe machine for 40 years.  Trump still thinks he won the election. Nancy Pelosi in 82. Mitch McConnell is 80.
• Ask why a billionaire needs donations for legal fees from average Americans.

And ‘m sure there are several more points to make, but if Thanksgiving is at your MAGA family’s home, use Parental Controls on their TV to lock out Fox, NewsMax and Oann.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.