Thom Hartmann is a talk-show host and the author of 'The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream' (2020); 'The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America' (2019); and more than 25 other books in print.
What if the person the majority of Americans voted for became president? It usually happens, but no Republican has been initially elected to the White House by a majority of Americans since 1988.Just imagine how different America would be today if neither George W. Bush nor Donald Trump had ever set foot in the White House because both lost the federal election, the national popular vote.
Thomas Jefferson was living in France when the Constitution was being written, and his political enemies were, even then , whispering that he had, at best, mixed loyalties. In response, he felt the need to protest to Elbridge Gerry that, “The first object of my heart is my own country. In that is embarked my family, my fortune, and my own existence.
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