Chapter 231 Roosevelt Is Elected (1/2)

New York, in front of a bomb shelter.

As Kara Sofen finished speaking, the moonlight enveloped her entire body like life.

Immediately afterwards, under the gaze of Natasha and others, Kara Sofen straightened her stooped body, and even the wrinkles on her face were smoothed out under the caress of the dim moonlight. In the blink of an eye, she changed from her original old appearance. Returned to his youthful appearance.

"Thank you, Natasha..."

Under the moonlight, Kara Sofen restored more than just her youthful appearance.

She stretched out her hand and emitted strong moonlight, instantly disintegrating the surrounding team. Kara Sofen turned to look at Natasha in front of the exit of the air raid shelter, and controlled her body to slowly rise into the air.

"If it weren't for your appearance, I wouldn't have had the chance to call on the power of the moonlight. I was too careful before, hiding myself too deeply, and ignoring the aging of my body. By the time I reacted, it was already too late. I continued I no longer have the strength to come out of the air raid shelter.”

"Can you imagine the despair in my heart at that moment? I had found a way to regain my power, but I could only watch it leave me."

"Fortunately, fate ignored me after all. Just like the moonstone back then, it took care of me again!"

Feeling the lost strength in her body, Kara Sofen's emotions seemed to become a little more excited under the caress of the moonlight. She stared at Natasha in front of her, her former companion, venting her inner feelings to her heart's content. Excited.

From this point of view, Kara Sofen's crying in the air-raid shelter was not a sign of despair but more like tears of joy.

"She was actually deceived."

Recalling the first scene when she saw Kara Sofin in the air-raid shelter, Natasha frowned slightly, looked up at Kara Sofin in the air, and asked calmly.

"So, this was all your plan, including the location of the bomb shelter?"

On the map of top-secret information, the location of the air-raid shelter was clearly marked by Kara Soven.

"That's right."

In the moonlight, Kara Soven did not deny Natasha's temptation, and even revealed more.

Looking up at the moon hanging in the night sky, Kara Soven's tone became a bit ethereal: "In the late 1970s, the United States participated in the satellite barrier project, and Germany forced the then-U.S. government to pay a large sum of money. Military expenses are used for the investment and construction of satellite barriers to resist invasion by alien forces.”

"However, the then U.S. President Jimmy Carter did not support this plan, believing that it was just a fictitious plan created by the German army to squeeze the U.S. government's financial funds. During his term in office, he used various administrative means to delay the implementation of the plan, which ultimately angered "

“Ronald Reagan, who then took over, implemented the satellite barrier plan very well. However, in the context of high inflation at the time, he had to cut spending. This made the satellite barrier that finally appeared over the United States imperfect and always existed. There are some loopholes that are not known to outsiders. In the following decades, although the US government also tried to fix these loopholes, it was never able to completely solve the situation. "

In front of the air-raid shelter, Natasha silently listened to Kara Sofen's explanation while touching the widow's sting on her wrist.

Under the moonlight, Kara Sofen noticed the 'little movement' on Natasha's hand but did not react in any way. Instead, she continued to look up at the moon in the night sky and said: "To a certain extent, the satellite barrier The existence of "

On the other side, the moment Natasha's finger touched the widow's sting, the voice of Kara Sofen in front of her suddenly stopped.

Natasha's heart tightened, just when she thought her actions were exposed and she was planning to fight to the death.

"Time is up."

Kara Sofen suddenly spoke.

Time is up?

Silently repeating Kara Sofen's words in her heart, Natasha looked up, but the expression on her face instantly became a bit stunned.

Under her gaze, a beam of moonlight transmitted from the moon accurately enveloped Kara Sofen.

And Kara Sofin's figure also became a little more dimmed under the moonlight. Feeling the pull of power from the moonlight or deeper, Kara Sofin lowered her head and looked at Natasha in front of the air raid shelter: " I will come back again.”

As Kara Sofen finished speaking, her entire body turned into countless moonlight and disappeared over the air-raid shelter.

…

890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Inside the rebel base.

Colin's gaze penetrated the layers of buildings in the base and landed in the night sky. At that moment, the [Energy Absorption] in his body seemed to sense the existence of different energy.

It's just that the energy stayed for too short a time, and by the time he reacted, it had disappeared without a trace.

[Contact the twisted time node and collect a small amount of time fragments x2]

If it weren't for the reminder that appeared in the text, he might have thought that all this was just his illusion.

…

Governors Island, deep inside the Thunderbolts base.

In an airtight basement room, the wizard Bentley Whitman slowly raised his head.

In the face wrapped by the special device, the calm breathing became a little faster.

Countless spots exuding black power spread from his body, but were tightly controlled by the energy isolation device on his body.

…

"On the first Monday of November, don't forget to cast your precious vote..."

"Hoover or Roosevelt, have you made your decision?"

The real world, the streets of New York.

Newsboys waved newspapers in their hands, making final publicity for voting in the upcoming general election.

In order to increase the turnout, the two parties invested a lot of resources. Even the newsboys received a few cents of publicity fees to call on the people to participate in the voting and choose their favorite presidential candidate.

As the election proceeds, the results of the current election have gradually become clearer.

All polls show that Roosevelt has a huge lead and is very likely to become the first wheelchair-bound president in American history.

Naturally, Hoover, who was seeking re-election, could not accept such a result. They sent vicious slanders to Roosevelt, just as they had been doing ever since.

In order to preserve their endangered governing plans, some officials who strictly abide by their neutrality also participated in this election.

The Secretary of Agriculture publicly denounced Roosevelt as a consummate liar.

The Secretary of the Navy predicted that if Roosevelt were elected, the families and lives of 100 million Americans might be in danger.

There are even election officials who directly propagate that once Roosevelt enters the White House, the entire United States will be completely divided, and this will be an unprecedented disaster.

At the same time, suspicion of Roosevelt never diminished in newspapers and media.

Conservatives and capitalist groups opposed to the New Deal slandered Roosevelt almost every day, believing that he would destroy the entire United States.

However, criticism from the media and the ruling party could not prevent Roosevelt's victory.

So far, he has achieved a leading position in more than 30 states, with obvious advantages.

"Mellon sounded the whistle, Hoover rang the bell; Wall Street sent a signal, and America rushed to hell!"

“We don’t have a chicken in the pot, we don’t even have a pot!”

At the same time, in the final countdown to the election.

The Courier Daily published these two headlines on its front page every day to awaken people's memories of the Great Depression.

It can be said that Roosevelt's own ability only accounted for a small part of his success, and most of the rest came from Hoover's "efforts."

On November 8, 1932, the results of the general election were announced.

Roosevelt received an overwhelming vote of 22,821,277 total votes (57.4%) and a total of 472 Electoral College votes, defeating the incumbent President Hoover's 15,761,254 votes (39.7%) and 59 Electoral College votes. It ended the 72 years of Republican dominance of the United States since Lincoln and officially became the 32nd President of the United States.

It is worth mentioning that everyone Colin knew, except Hughes, who did not vote because of the filming of the movie, everyone else chose Roosevelt.

As stated before, this was all Hoover’s ‘effort’.

On the same day, the Courier Daily reported the result in an extra-annual report.

The next day, a serialized "Superman" short comic told a story related to this incident.

In the comics, Superman was invited to be awarded a medal for his long-standing protection of the earth. In the comics, the person who awarded him the medal was a president in a wheelchair. Although he looked different from Roosevelt, that was The image in the wheelchair obviously says it all.

…

"Congratulations, Mr. President."

That night, Colin met Roosevelt himself in the 21 Club.

"Thanks."

After accepting Colin's blessing, Roosevelt turned to the excited waiter and nodded, and then said to Colin in front of him.

"If you really think about it, I'm not the president yet, I'm just the successor."

The inauguration time of the US president is not determined after the election. There will be a long transition period after that.

Early elections were not as convenient as they are now. If the president wanted to move from his residence to the White House, it would be a very laborious task. In addition, during this period, Christmas and New Year's Day passed, so most of the candidates before that Most presidents wait until spring, March 4, to take over the job.

In other words, if the normal process was followed, Roosevelt would have to wait nearly four more months before he could become the true president.

Until then, he was just a successor.

Of course, geographical factors played a huge role in this. Even at that time, there were several presidents who had no time to report on March 4.

However, with the popularization of transportation and the emergence of railways and automobiles, transportation problems have been greatly improved.

This originally set rule seems to have become a bit old-fashioned.

"That's a pretty long time."

Hearing this, Colin glanced at Roosevelt in the wheelchair, who nodded in reply.

"indeed."

"As far as I know, Congress seems to be interested in amending this provision?"

As a latecomer, Colin naturally knew that the four-month transition period was scheduled to be revised during Roosevelt's inauguration.

At that time, Hoover also made considerable efforts.

The Great Depression had already made the people extremely disappointed with the president, and they were eagerly looking forward to the new president Roosevelt taking office. The thought of watching Hoover in office for four months in the coming days made the people feel uncomfortable. In fact, as early as the day when the election results came out, there was already a proposal to change the presidential inauguration date, and Congress also adopted this suggestion.

"So far, Congress does tend to move the original date of March 4 to January 20."

Even if it is two months, it is actually quite long.

"But the White House does not agree."

Shrugged, thanked the waiter next to him, cut the steak and took a bite, wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth and continued to reply.

From Hoover's perspective, it is quite normal to oppose changing the inauguration date.

After all, the presidents before him all took office on March 4. Why did he have to give up two months of the world out of thin air when it came to him, just because he lost the election?

If this was a successor from the same party, it would be fine, but Roosevelt and Hoover were competitors from completely different parties, so he naturally opposed this proposal.

Anyway, the public had enough dissatisfaction with him, so he was not afraid of adding this one.

After all, the election was over, and what did he, a loser, have to worry about.

In fact, this practice of changing the inauguration schedule was not truly implemented until Roosevelt's second term.

His eyes stayed on the steak in front of Roosevelt. Under the effect of [Super Hearing], Colin could clearly hear the discussion of the people in the kitchen of the 21 Club. As the first president to visit the club, the person in charge of the 21 Club naturally showed great concern about this. In fact, not long ago, the founder of the club, Jack Kreindler, came over to greet them.

If I remember correctly, the tradition of American presidents dining at the 21 Club seems to have started with Roosevelt.

Withdrawing his eyes from Roosevelt, Colin thought for a while.

Every president since then seems to have come here to dine as a celebration, and the last president who came here ordered his favorite food, a hamburger. After that, the 21 Club was closed, and this tradition ended. The president who succeeded did not continue this tradition.

In a sense, Colin witnessed history again.

Or, he himself is the creator of this history.

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