Academic historians like Kevin Kruse and Manisha Sihna take to social media to criticize the current President. There is merit in using history to critically analyze current events.
Their analysis begins to fall apart when they bemoan the manner in which Donald Trump was elected. Like many “progressive” intellectuals they despise the electoral system and argue for plurality when electing our President. They go as far as to claim Hillary Clinton is the legitimate election winner, and the electoral system is harming society because it attacks our democracy.
- It appears two prominent American Historians have deep-seated philosophical opposition to our representative democracy- the United States is a republic.
- There is absolutely no proof that the Electoral College was created to protect the interests of slave owners.
- Professors Sihna and Kruse are quick to cite 2016 and 2000 as examples of our electoral process failing, most likely because they supported the two losing candidates. Where is their outrage at the election of 1876? A Democrat won the popular vote but not the election….
It is difficult to argue with the results of the election. Samuel J. Tilden would have been a disastrous President.