MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show December 17, 2020
Term. No president before him had ever had three inaugurations before, let alone four. The rules, of course, would be changed after fdr so no president could ever have more than two terms again. But when fdr went up for reelection in the election of 1944, november 1944, he was reelected in a landslide. Yes, he was seeking a fourth term, which was nuts, but he won 36 states. He got 432 electoral votes. His opponent didnt even crack 100 electoral votes. For the vast majority of the country, fdrs reelection was welcome, and his inauguration for a new term, which was planned for january 1945, that...