Fox News’ resident liberal has some tips for winning a political argument

It's officially election season, and you may feel tempted to shut out the news and avoid political conversations that could raise anyone's blood pressure.

Jessica Tarlov, a regular on Fox News' "The Five" and cohost of the podcast "Raging Moderates" suggests a different strategy.

"I hear constantly from people on the right and on the left that they wish that they were having conversations with people that they disagree with, that we're too siloed, we're too hyper-partisan," she says. "They're sick of losing people in their lives."

In her new book, "I Disagree: How to Win Arguments without Losing Friends," she hopes to provide an antidote. Part memoir, part guide, the tactics she describes are what she uses as a lone liberal voice at a table of conservatives on "The Five," the most-watched cable news show. "It's four to one, so odds are stacked against me," she says. "I still do well though, I think, or at least that what my mom tells me."

She describes a genuine friendship with her colleagues (she and "The Five" cohost Greg Gutfeld, for example, are neighbors and have daughters about the same age, and swap recommendations on everything from food to movies), and…

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