Seventy years ago today, 20 years of Democrats in the White House ended with simple formality. In the shadow of Trump and 6 January 2021, we would do well to heed the example
On that night, 70 years ago today, an outgoing Democratic president, Harry Truman, used his farewell speech to talk about the peaceful transfer of power to a Republican, Dwight D Eisenhower. Truman’s message was the antithesis of Trump’s plot to subvert the 2020 presidential election.
It was the first such transfer in 20 years. Democrats had held the White House since 1933, covering Franklin D Roosevelt’s 12 years in office and nearly eight under Truman. The last Republican president before Ike was Herbert Hoover. “There, he noted, pointedly, in his diary, ‘we have a most pleasant visit until the general and his entourage arrive.’ After that, it went downhill, speedily.”
Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House leader who supported Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, speaks during an unveiling of a statue of Harry S Truman at the US Capitol in September 2022.“All these things happened within just a little over four months – from April to August 1945. I tell you this to illustrate the tremendous scope of the work your president has to do.
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