Haley, DeSantis, Ramaswamy to Converge in Iowa For ‘Family Forum’ on Politics

Organizers encourage a ‘family discussion’ despite recent contentious exchanges among candidates and a dispute with the Republican National Committee.

Republican presidential candidates former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (L), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (C), and Vivek Ramaswamy (R) participate in the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

DES MOINES, Iowa—Despite the adage calling for no discussion of religion or politics at family gatherings such as Thanksgiving, both will be served up here later on Nov. 17 at the 2023 Presidential Thanksgiving Family Forum.

Described as a “unique event on the political calendar,” the forum puts candidates at a table that is set up to look like a Thanksgiving dinner, Drew Zahn, spokesman for the forum’s organizer, the Family Leader Foundation, told The Epoch Times.