I don’t know what it is about “holiday family gatherings” that the Left sees as “MAJOR POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY!” But this Thanksgiving, multiple left-wing groups, plus the Obama administration, are pushing the idea that Thanksgiving is the PERFECT opportunity to join together with family, eat a meal, and force awkward political conversations into these gatherings.

First up in the parade of indigestion-inducing leftists is the congressman from Florida, Alan Grayson, with a bad combination of fundraising and revenge.

Contribute now to be entered to win a call from me to your Republican relative on Thanksgiving – oh, the fun! https://t.co/l4rDKiN0MX

— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) November 24, 2015

Because the person who would pay to submit your name name for a phone call from Alan Grayson really, really hates you, and probably isn’t someone you should spend the holiday with. At least, not without a food taster.

Next up, Think Progress. After all, there is no better way to bring about family closeness than haranguing people about their carbon footprint, and if that turkey was “locally sourced.”

Six ways to climate-proof your Thanksgiving https://t.co/ZAWcmPPdyY pic.twitter.com/ge1veaQqLz

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 24, 2015

And then the Democrat party itself. They just KNOW how to endear you to your relatives. Especially those “Republican uncles.”
https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/669243307764117504
What about Republican aunts? Why are the Democrats denying equal opportunity offense to women? Why do they hate women????

More importantly, what happened to the spirit of the holiday?

@TheDemocrats If you put your politics and ideology above your family's togetherness at the holiday table, you suck as a human being.

— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) November 24, 2015

But best of all, Josh Earnest wants you to talk to your family about….. gun control. Over Thanksgiving dinner.

I’m sure that will go over well.

During the White House press briefing, Press Secretary Josh Earnest continued to press a narrative set up by gun control activists in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris.

“As people sitting around the Thanksgiving table talking about these issues as they should and I’m sure they will all across the country, I hope that’s a question that will be raised and asked by members around the table,” Earnest said, referring to a bill supported by Democrat to ban people on the no-fly list from purchasing a gun.

In fact, I’m sure it will go over just about as well as the Obama-inspired suggestion on how to ruin Thanksgiving from two years ago:

When cooking Thanksgiving dinner takes a turn for the worst, be prepared. #GetTalking: http://t.co/aad5COFGN6 pic.twitter.com/6gc6oV5ale

— OFA (@OFA) November 27, 2013

And I think the reception to it will probably go very much like this:

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and may your family gatherings and meals be free of politics, awkward conversations relating to social issues, and relatives who would pay to give your phone number to Alan Grayson.