'Be a normal person': MAGA lawmaker reamed for proposing contest to 'ruin' Thanksgiving

As Americans around the country settled down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with family, far-right Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) workshopped an idea for how to disrupt one of those family's dinners next year for a political stunt.

"Next year, I think I’m going to hold a contest to show up at someone’s Thanksgiving day dinner to debate their leftist family members," Luna suggested on X. "What do you think?"

Her idea was largely not met with enthusiasm.

"That it's time to touch grass?" wrote Democratic strategist and author Lis Smith.

"I think I would absolutely wreck you," wrote Texas Democratic legislative candidate Sara McGee.

"Or you could just be a normal person and enjoy the god damn holiday instead of ruining someone else’s," wrote Democratic strategist Mike Nellis.

"It would be an accurate representation of conservative politics at the moment, going out of your way to bother those who are minding their business to ruin their day," wrote former Ohio state senator turned progressive activist Nina Turner. "You could always consider letting people have nice things and even try to find common ground. People are tired."

"I — and I cannot state this enough — have been attending family thanksgiving dinners for DECADES, and have never once heard a political argument. Ever. And it’s not because we’re a hive mind," wrote religion reporter Maggie Phillips.

"It is a funny idea, but if politics needs a contest and a special guest at Thanksgiving, you already lost the room," wrote one account identified as @BtcBlackthorn. "Better contest: who can turn one political opponent into a genuine friend over the next year, without cameras, without viral clips. America is already way too addicted to performative fights, maybe the win is showing people that conservatives can lower the temperature and still stand firm on what they believe."