Mr. Garone ultimately decided that the president had not done so. But he is not volunteering that he voted for Mr. Trump in 2020.
If she asks, Ill tell her, he said. But if not, I wont mention it.
And in Louisville, Ky., a lawyer named Dustin Meek said that she had spent considerable time trying to navigate the political schism between herself, a self-described progressive Democrat, and her family in her Trump-supporting hometown of Ashland, 190 miles to the east.
Well start out the evening saying, OK, no discussion of politics, Ms. Meek, 54, said. But inevitably, a joke will be thrown, or something will come up and people will poke, and honestly, I have to say, it has strained the relationships.
Its hard, she added.
She and her family members cannot seem to even agree on what constitutes fact, she said. They follow right-wing news websites, while she favors more traditional news sources that Mr. Trump has encouraged his followers to distrust.
Ms. Meek expressed hope that the less inflammatory rhetoric of a new president would ease things. And she said that she would not allow politics to get in the way of attending future family gatherings.read more
The Election Is Over. The Nation’s Rifts Remain.
