WASHINGTON — “Come and take it,” the combative message read below a stylized image of a Thanksgiving turkey. The reference was to a famous statement of defiance, one harking back to the Texas Revolution of 1835. It was a U.S. senator from that state, Ted Cruz, who posted an image of the turkey flag on Twitter on Nov. 21, 2020, in apparent anger over what he saw as onerous public health measures that would dampen the Thanksgiving spirit (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had asked people not to travel for the holiday, but millions did so anyway).
A year later, the situation is different — but also too
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