Martin Van Buren ❌
Millard Fillmore ❌
Grover Cleveland ✅
Teddy Roosevelt ❌
Donald Trump 🗳️
A brief #history of ex-presidents running to regain the White House (it generally hasn’t gone well).
https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-former-presidents-running-for-reelection-3-losses-1-win-and-1-still-tbd-234959
@histodons #Histodons #News #USPolitics
A brief history of former presidents running for reelection: 3 losses, 1 win and 1 still TBD
History illustrates that voters become galvanized and change their party allegiance when former US presidents run for a nonconsecutive term.The Conversation
Barney
in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •Of the four previous ex-presidents who have run for re-election, how many had previously staged a violent attempt to massacre government officials and overthrow the US government? How many had repeatedly conspired with a foreign enemy against the US? How many were convicted felons? How many were rapists?
You're implying that none of those things matter. And that's an utterly fucking disgraceful thing for you to do, @TheConversationUS
#USPol #Journalism
The Conversation U.S.
in reply to Barney • • •@barney Obviously, none. But I think the history might be interesting to people who are not aware of it. And knowing history is, IMHO always valuable.
And I would appreciate your keeping a civil tone in your discussion here - this isn't xwitter, and you just cursed at a real person.
Barney
in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •The history might indeed be interesting to people who are not aware of it. However, you have obscenely misrepresented that history, and grossly misled your readership in doing so.
I am a real person too. Specifically, I am an American. Therefore, my family and I will be forced to endure the fascist atrocities that you are helping to inflict on us, by misrepresenting and normalizing the rise of fascism in America. I would appreciate your refraining from doing so.
The Conversation U.S.
in reply to Barney • • •