Politics at the ‘Thanksgiving Table’ in Iowa: 3 GOP Candidates Court Voters

Published on November 17, 2023

DES MOINES, Iowa—Despite the adage calling for no discussion of religion or politics at family gatherings such as Thanksgiving, both will be served up here later on Nov. 17 at the 2023 Presidential Thanksgiving Family Forum. Described as a “unique event on the political calendar,” the forum puts candidates at a table that is set up to look like a Thanksgiving dinner, Drew Zahn, spokesman for the forum’s organizer, the Family Leader Foundation, told The Epoch Times. By foregoing the traditional debate-stage podiums, the event attempts to set the tone for a pleasant “family discussion” among candidates, Mr. Zahn said. However, during the last GOP-sponsored debate in Miami earlier this month, exchanges between two candidates—Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley—grew contentious....

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