“Whether you vote for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, don’t leave out your family members and lifelong friendships,” Vance said. “Politics is not worth it. And I think if we follow that principle, we heal the divide in this country.

Unfortunately, it appears many Democrats aren’t following Vance’s advice. Just days after the election, Yale University chief psychiatry resident Amanda Calhoun told MSNBC’s Joy Reid that cutting your family’s life short because they voted for Trump was a perfectly reasonable response. in the election.

“There’s a push, I think just a societal norm that if someone is your family, they’re entitled to your time, and I think the answer is absolutely no,” Calhoun said. “So if you find yourself in a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends who you know voted against you, like what you said, against your livelihood, it It’s completely normal not to be with these people.

And Calhoun is not alone. After airing an excerpt of Calhoun’s statement on The viewSunny Hostin said: “I totally understand his point of view because I really feel like this candidate, you know, President-elect Trump, is just a different type of candidate, from the things that he’s said and the things he did and the things he did. it will be fine. It’s more of a moral issue for me, and I think it’s more of a moral issue for other people. I think when people feel like someone voted not only against their family but also against them and the people they loved, I think it’s okay to take a step back.

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg chimed in to agree. “I feel the same way. You know, there are some things where you don’t have to put your family in the middle. You can have dinner at another time, but it might not be the time to get together, because, you know, there’s going to be some tension.

“I think everyone should do what’s good for them,” co-host Ana Navarro agreed. “You know, I think you need to investigate yourself, and if you’re going to a family gathering or with friends where it’s going to stress you out, then don’t go. »

Democratic women weren’t the only ones pledging to expel family members who voted for Trump from their lives. 2022 Ohio Senate candidate Rick Taylor took to X to say he uninvited his aunt to Thanksgiving dinner. “I told him that my house was not open to traitors and that I would not go to their house. I have no room in my life for people who don’t care about America.

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Whatever short-term pain Democrats think they are avoiding by excluding members of the Republican family from their lives will ultimately only prolong their unhappiness. If Democrats can’t even listen to their family, their loved ones, who voted for Trump, what hope do they have of convincing outsiders that their political views are correct?

Elections matter. Government policies affect people’s lives. But administrations come and go. Family is eternal. Perhaps if Democrats had shown greater tolerance for dissenting opinions, they wouldn’t have lost so much this election.