A Trump 2024 Run Is a Terrible Idea--For Him and for the GOP Opinion

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

While Donald Trump is still refusing to acknowledge his electoral defeat, he and his supporters appear to be talking up a 2024 comeback. Trump would not be the first former president to attempt a comeback, though history has been unkind to those attempting a return to the highest office in the land – only one has succeeded. And Republicans should be particularly on alert—frequently enough, the former presidents have ended up as third party spoilers.

The last time that a former president made a serious attempt at the White House was way back in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt lost the Republican nomination to sitting President William Howard Taft. Roosevelt ran as the Progressive Party candidate, easily crushing Taft in both the popular and Electoral College vote, but losing badly to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt hinted at an effort in 1916 and was set to run in 1920, but died beforehand.

Before Roosevelt, former presidents such as Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore and Ulysses Grant all sought the presidency. Van Buren was stopped in his first attempt in 1844, which ended up throwing the nomination to the first dark horse candidate, James K. Polk. Van Buren then ran in 1848 under the Free Soil Party, which helped the Whigs capture the White House.

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The one big exception to this rule is Grover Cleveland. Cleveland, the only Democratic President in the 52 years from the Civil War to the onset of WWI. Cleveland won the presidency in 1884, barely beating James G. Blaine. He then barely lost in 1888 to Benjamin Harrison, though he won a plurality of the popular vote, before coming back to defeat Harrison in 1892. Like today, the Gilded Age saw bitterly divided parties and frequent changes in control of Congress. Arguably the most notable difference with Trump is that Cleveland managed to win the popular vote in all three elections.

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[Chemisse]

1. If it makes them all feel better and eases the transition, let them think it will happen, imo.

Trump is not likely to live that long anyway, considering his health, and it could soothe devotee bitterness a bit as reality slowly seeps in.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. If (and that's a big if)Trump runs again it won't be as a Republican. He and his cult will

go for a third party run which would effectively split the Republican party.

[elleng]

3. True. Don't talk about it, don't write about it, don't publish anything about it.

[Progressive dog]

4. That's why we should not help dissuade him.

[demosincebirth]

5. If he's convicted of tax fraud or any other crime,

Can he run for president, again?

[BlueTsunami2018]

6. Yes.

There are no rules against a convicted felon running for President. Lyndon LaRouche ran from inside prison in 1992. Charles Manson could have run for President.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

8. How does this get changed?

[BlueTsunami2018]

9. There would have the be a constitutional amendment.

I’m pretty sure that’s the only way the requirements could be changed.

[NEOBuckeye]

7. He'll more likely be dead or in a prison nursing home by then

His mental health is steadily deteriorating. If he is still alive in 2024, he likely won’t be lucid enough to know what year it is. He barely knows that now.

[PlanetBev]

10. In four years, Trump will either be institutionalized or dead

He will descend into madness or die of coronary artery disease or a stroke. Death by the KFC.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

11. Sure - have at it repubs How bout swap out Pence for Sarah Palin -people love a good train wreck!

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