‘Don’t Let It Slide’: Ali Velshi Encourages Thanksgiving Day Confrontations Over ‘Talk Of a Third Term’

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi encouraged viewers to go after “that one uncle” at Thanksgiving dinner who may bring up the subject of President Donald Trump running for a third term.

Velshi’s advice came during a presentation called “How We Prepare” that gave strategies for pushing back against a possible “second power grab” by Republicans at the polls.

“When people actually show up, that’s what works,” Velshi said. “In 2020, lawyers, judges and ordinary citizens forced the certification of the presidential election in the states. In Wayne county, Michigan, ground zero for the first nullification attempt, when officials flirted with refusing to certify the election, the public flooded the meeting. The plot collapsed the moment that locals caught wind of it. Republicans were willing to subvert democracy in the dark, but not so much in front of an engaged public. That’s lesson one for 2025.”

Velshi continued:

Number two, create voter buddy systems, especially for neighbors who fear intimidation at the polls. One tactic experts are worried about is the potential deployment of ICE agents to polling places. You can see why some qualified Latino voters — never mind Latino voters — anybody who’s a little bit brown like me, wouldn’t want to get caught up in a raid, thrown into detention until they can clear their names, just for going out to vote.

Build local rapid response teams, groups of ordinary citizens who show up as they’re doing in courts right now, at county meetings, at certification hearings, at voter dropboxes your physical presence is a deterrent to improper and illegal behavior.

Follow what’s happening in other states. That’s why these elections on Tuesday are so important, whether you live in one of them or not. The military deployments, attempted voter purges, the election monitors — consider them all trial runs for the bigger play, the one that’s going to happen right where you live.

“And finally, do not let Donald Trump and Republicans normalize talk of a third term — a third presidential term is illegal. Full stop,” Velshi said. “So when that one uncle floats a third term loophole conspiracy over Thanksgiving dinner, don’t let it slide. And if your uncle insists that it’s doable, hand him one of these: A pocket Constitution opened to the 22nd amendment, section one, which reads, quote, ‘No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.'”

Watch above via MSNBC.