EUGENE DEBS
The 1920 presidential election had a weird format, especially since one candidate was running from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Eugene Debs wanted to run on the Socialist Party ticket, even if two years earlier he had been found guilty on charges of sedition and ultimately sentenced to three 10-year sentences.
Moreover, it wasn’t even the first time he’d been in prison; many years before, he had served some time for striking against the Pullman Palace Car Company. However, his later actions were seen as more dangerous.
Debs strongly opposed World War I, and that’s why, in the summer of 1918, he gave a speech at an anti-war rally in Ohio. His message included the fact that the working class never had anything to say about declaring war or making peace.
As elections were getting closer, it was rather obvious that Debs wasn’t alone in his thoughts, as he ended up getting 913,693 votes. However, he didn’t get any electoral votes.
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You forgot John Rowland, Governor of CT
Della I believe that every state has a Governor, Senator , Congress person, etc. that they aren’t very proud of.🤔
How about Marion Barry from MD?
…and the number of mugshots to come from efforts of a rebuilt FBI & DOJ is going to increase the current list light years beyond these 6.
Most of the politicians I’ve seen are Scumbag of the earth. I’ll admit that a few start off with Nobel ideas when they are first elected, but sometime after they’ve been in the “swamp” for awhile D.C. starts to eat at their conscience and it just gets worse from then on.
What maybe is needed is term limits, that’s one idea, other people might have a better way to stop “career politicians”?
One doesn’t think there’s enough room to name all the dirty politicians and officials. Hell just the look at the names on the sex island list and on the plane. Then all them with child porn and drag Queen bs. or even them with their perverted sick fetishs only they know about. It’s a sick world we live in and it’s only goingvto get worse befor it gets better
you forgot Marion berry mayor of DC…doing coke
Eugene Debs wasn’t running from the Atlanta prison. He was running for president of the US while a resident of the prison. Ha ha. Don’t know if he thought of running from the prison.
Trump is perhaps the most corrupt President in American history. My father and grandfather were both life long Republicans that lived for the Party, however if they were alive today to see what they Party has be turned into they would be in tears. The Party of Lincoln has been shamed to no ends. An American President of the US indicted on 94 felony counts over three states with trails to come and the Party is still supporting him? Are you out of your minds? Have you guys gone crazy? What an outrage and disgrace for our Nation abroad to look at the Great Democracy of the World and have a crazy man trying to lead it. Shame on America if anyone dare let this Happen. America has always been great, we don’t need a clown car to make up a slogan to follow over a cliff. Very Sad for America, Wake up Dump MAGA it’s a fantasy…….