One of the perennial leftist media columns is about how to talk to your knuckle-dragging MAGA uncle at Thanksgiving, which is weird since leftists hate Thanksgiving because it celebrates American power, plenty, and prosperity while implying the existence of a God that is not the government, but that’s another thing. They are very into having college sophomores back home from the University of College attempt to educate people who haven’t had the benefit of just completing a little more than a year of undergraduate work and who, instead, have to rely on decades of life experience to form their views. But the left is right about one thing. You need to go out and help friends, neighbors, and family come to the right conclusion on Election Day.

The right conclusion is to vote for Donald Trump and JD Vance and every Republican on the ballot.

Let me give you a little legal insight as a special Townhall VIP bonus. I convince people of things for a living. That’s what trial lawyers do. Sometimes, it’s a judge, but often, it’s a jury, and they don’t know me at all before I step up to the podium. Actually, I don’t usually use the podium. I typically pace in front of the jury box like a caged tiger unless the judge tells me to use the podium, in which case I use the podium.

So, how do I convince a bunch of people who don’t know me, who probably don’t like me because I’m a lawyer, and who probably don’t want to be sitting in a courtroom but are doing it anyway because they are patriotic and believe jury duty is something a citizen does?

I treat them as what they usually are: well-meaning human beings who come in with their own life experiences and prejudices. They generally want to get it right, and most of the normal people you will encounter in your life generally want to get it right when it comes to voting. Despite our institutions’ myriad failures and the disastrous governance we’ve experienced over recent decades, most Americans still want the best for this country and try to vote wisely. This advice on persuasion........

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