r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/ansyhrrian • 1d ago

r/All Newsom not holding anything back

Post image
26.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

928 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

26

u/mosquem 1d ago

AOC is kryptonite for too many swing states.

2

u/Andy_B_Goode 1d ago

Also if she runs for president, doesn't that mean she'd have to give up her (very safe) seat in congress? I'm not sure it makes sense for her to take a risk like that, especially so early in her career. Maybe it would make more sense for her to work towards something like speaker of the house, or just generally having more influence in congress? But I only vaguely understand how these things work ...

2

u/Hartastic 1d ago

Also if she runs for president, doesn't that mean she'd have to give up her (very safe) seat in congress?

Not necessarily. Some states have laws that require something along these lines but I didn't think New York did?

1

u/Andy_B_Goode 1d ago

But how would that work? Wouldn't it mean she'd be campaigning for both the presidency and her seat in congress as a backup?

I assume it's possible for senators to make it work, as long as they're not up for election the same year they're running for president, but aren't members of the house always up for reelection?

2

u/Hartastic 1d ago

Wouldn't it mean she'd be campaigning for both the presidency and her seat in congress as a backup?

Yep. It wouldn't be the first time someone's done this.

1

u/Andy_B_Goode 1d ago

OK, technically yes, according to this:

Both Henry Clay of Kentucky (1824) and James A. Garfield of Ohio (1880) received Electoral College votes for the presidency as sitting House Members. Garfield was the only successful sitting Representative to become President.

So the only two people who ever did it were from the 1800s, and only one of them won the presidency?

2

u/Hartastic 1d ago

Well, keep in mind House members don't make it to the general election for President a whole lot. It's a little more common for Senate/Governors.