Opinion: Jimmy Failla Says Republicans Should Skip the Political Fights at Thanksgiving Because 'the Yelling' Won't Change a Lopsided Midterm

This is a Fox News opinion column by Jimmy Failla. It is a humor piece, and the views are his, not ours.

The pitch. Failla says the midterms were a "blue tsunami" and, as he puts it, Democrats are not even blaming it on climate change. His advice is to avoid arguing with relatives at Thanksgiving, because "all the yelling in the world isn't going to make this a close race." He jokes that Tuesday night was the left's "Super Bowl" and Republicans "didn't even bother to field a team."

The results he runs through. He says Texas went blue statewide for the first time since 1992, with Gina Hinojosa unseating Gov. Greg Abbott and James Talarico winning a Senate seat. He notes that Kansas elected a Democratic senator, Adam Hilton, for the first time in 94 years, since George McGill in 1932. On the other side, he says Florida elected Byron Donalds as its first Black governor and Sen. Ashley Moody held off Angie Nixon. His joke is that the liberal media will say Donalds' win means "NOTHING."

The advice. Failla tells readers to "lean into Thanksgiving extra hard," treat it as a "rare and badly needed cease-fire," and relax. He says the real fighting returns around Christmas, when dozens of 2028 presidential candidates declare.

Why it matters here. We have run harsher takes on the loss, from Miranda Devine and others. This one says the party is better off taking a breather than burning the family dinner, and it shows how conservative commentators are coping.

What we could not check. This is opinion and comedy. We did not verify his claims about Texas, Kansas or Florida, the 1992 and 1932 comparisons, or the Florida winners' titles beyond what the column says. The jokes about named people are his own.