How to Debate Politics at Thanksgiving - If You Must
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
4.8 • 16.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Thanksgiving dinner is coming up. Which might mean you're about to have your annual political debate with that liberal relative at the dinner table. We'd recommend avoiding any debate at dinner, but if you absolutely must, Dan Crenshaw put together some tips and facts for the most contentious issues. Timestamped guide below. Good luck and remember: if things get too heated, break out the tequila!
1:10 – General advice for winning debates against your liberal relatives
5:00 – Climate change
8:20 – Border crisis
12:05 – Critical race theory
14:50 – Guns
20:45 – Women's healthcare/Planned Parenthood
21:55 – Wealth inequality
26:40 – Gender wage gap
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We hold these truths to be self-evident. |
| 0:02.0 | That all men are free. |
| 0:03.5 | If they are... |
| 0:04.5 | As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. |
| 0:07.4 | Experts on what they're talking about. |
| 0:09.0 | This is the podcast for insights into the issues. |
| 0:11.5 | China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking it down into simple terms. |
| 0:18.0 | We hold... |
| 0:19.0 | We hold these truths. |
| 0:20.0 | We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw. |
| 0:22.0 | There ain't no right of lamp. |
| 0:24.0 | Alright, so Thanksgiving dinner is coming up and you've decided you're gonna have a political debate right in the middle of dinner. |
| 0:29.5 | That's gonna go really well. |
| 0:31.5 | Look, first things first. |
| 0:34.0 | Try to avoid political debates during a family Thanksgiving. |
| 0:37.0 | But if you can't, I have recorded this podcast so that you might have some tips and some tricks and some facts in your back pocket |
| 0:44.0 | for some of the most debatable issues of our time. |
| 0:48.0 | Because there is always that liberal cousin that just can't help themselves. |
| 0:51.0 | And they just want to talk to you about politics and how mean Trump is and blah, blah, blah. |
| 0:56.0 | So, God, we could do this for hours. |
| 0:59.5 | I've chosen a few key topics. |
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