https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/998572852612919296?s=19
>These are frightening and unprecedented times. We have a president who is not only a pathological liar, but someone who is trying to win votes by dividing our nation up based on the color of our skin, our country of origin, our religion, our gender or our sexual orientation.
>If reelected, you can be sure that I will continue to be the fiercest opponent in the Senate to the rightwing extremism of Trump and the Republican leadership.
>But being anti-Trump and anti-Republican is not enough. We need to continue our fight for a progressive agenda which will take on oligarchy, and improve the lives of working people throughout our country.
>It is my intention to run a strong grassroots campaign throughout Vermont and I look forward to your support.
>But today, I wanted to let you know that it was my intention to run again for the Senate, and to ask if you could help us reach some modest fundraising goals we need to fund this grassroots campaign. You can do that here: (ActBlue link).
Let's say that in 1996 the surgeon's didn't quite get all of Mark Pryor's clear cell sarcoma. These thing's happen. The world is safe from the butterfly effect as the cancer cells just sit in Pryor's body for the next 12 years, slowly multiplying.
In the 2008 Senate contest the Republican candidate doesn't contest the seat, leaving Mark to go up against Green's Senator Rebekah Kennedy. In OTL Mark won by 80% vs Kennedy's 20% which is ana amazing performance for the Greens.
But in TTL....
Bam! Sarcoma strikes back with a vengeance and Mark has to pull out of the race. The Dems replace him with a much less popular candidate at the last minute and Kennedy gets elected as the first Greens Senator in US history.
What happens next? Trill me!
Also, Mark Pryor survives and lives happily ever after. He seems like a great guy and all, he's just in the way of my POD.
Edit: So the 2008 Senate would consist of 56 Democrats, 41 Republicans, 2 Independents and 1 Green.
If the Union never recognized southern secession, then wouldn't the southern states' representation, as defined by the Constitution, still exist? If I was a Democrat or Confederate at the time, I would have argued that those seats and electoral votes must have still legally existed, and thus I would have tried to find a way to claim them. How did the US government legally justify keeping those seats and votes vacant? Is there any evidence of this issue being brought up by either side?
