As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others who have tried the same
  • @paddirnEnglish
    41•2 months ago

    We’ve only had 46 Presidents in the history of the country, chances are history will be defied every election in one way or another.

  • @AbouBenAdhemEnglish
    34•2 months ago

    And if Trump wins, it would be the first time since 1892 that a non-incumbent former president was elected.

    History can’t help but defy itself, on a daily basis.

  • @Rapidcreek
    31•2 months ago

    Harris’s election means there is a woman US President. I think that would “defy” history a little bit more, don’t you?

    • abff08f4813cEnglish
      18•2 months ago

      Harris would make history in multiple ways - first woman president, first president of Indian subcontinent heritage, second sitting VP to get elected president, etc. All music to my ears.

      • @Rapidcreek
        2•2 months ago

        Historically, Obama was the first minority to lead a major nation. But, the US has become way behind when it comes to gender. Many major nations have had women leaders. As Gerry Ford once said, “if we get a woman President, men better watch out”. And he’s right, that’s 51% of the population.

        So, at least as it pertains to the Presidency, Republicans would be right.

  • @expatriado
    30•2 months ago

    yea, that’s the metric that would make it special

  • @[email protected]English
    24•2 months ago

    Ooh OOH I wanna play too:

    Donald Trump’s reelection would defy history. Zero former presidents who overtly tried to stage a coup after losing an election have been elected president over the entire history of the America’s existence.

    Fr tho what sort of asinine false equivalence is this

      • AmidFuror
        15•2 months ago

        George H. W. Bush ran for and won election in 1988. He was the Vice President to Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989.

  • @[email protected]
    16•2 months ago

    Or, the first Felon Criminal Traitor Who attempted a coup on the United States of America. Definitely a first. She would be the first female president and also save us from a SCUMBAG.

    • @CitizenKong
      6•2 months ago

      Or, the darkest timeline: Tulsi Gabbard becomes VP after Trump drops Vance and wins, he croaks shortly after and the first female US president ironically oversees the destruction of female rights in the US.

    • enkers
      2•2 months ago

      Yeah, you know, by… uh… happening again.

        • enkers
          1•2 months ago

          Yeah, exactly! Since history started in 1837, the year after it happened the first time. :)

  • @[email protected]
    5•2 months ago

    How many vice presidents ran for election while their president was finishing up his first term?