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Biden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running' (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] Playingwithethenew@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

Honestly, this reminds me of 1968. Old president supports war unpopular with youth, people protest, the GOP choose a failed candidate from the previous election, y'know?

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago

Trump also seems the type to actively sabotage any sort of peace process to boost his own campaign.

And he has that Southern Strategy down pat.

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of 1933: A right wing guy briefly in jail for a coup attempt got out early and became German chancellor.

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 4 points 11 months ago

This is by far the more accurate historical analogy.

[-] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the info!

The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace. This was the last election until 1988 in which the incumbent president was not on the ballot. Incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson had been the early front-runner for the Democratic Party's nomination, but he withdrew from the race after only narrowly winning the New Hampshire primary. Eugene McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy and Humphrey emerged as the three major candidates in the Democratic primaries until Kennedy was assassinated. His death after midnight on June 6, 1968, continued a streak of high-profile assassinations in the 1960s.

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