It’s a rule many families still swear by: don’t talk politics at the dinner table. And for good reason. Political opinions can be deeply personal — and sometimes, they can shatter family bonds entirely.
Author Andrea Tate shared her story in HuffPost last year, describing how her husband’s support for Donald Trump turned the holiday season into a battlefield.
Even before election day, Andrea knew her husband had voted Republican, and he knew she had voted Democratic.
But when Trump’s victory became official after the November election, everything changed. Andrea found herself unable to leave her bed, doomscrolling through social media and occasionally unfriending people who hadn’t voted for the Democrat candidate.