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Representation Matters
For my entire life, I have never seen someone who looks like me in the White House. People like me felt unseen, invisible.
Now we see a small step in the right direction: J.D. Vance will be the first bearded vice president since Charles Fairbanks, who served under Theodore Roosevelt just after the turn of the 20th Century. And, indeed, the first VP with facial hair of any kind since Charles Curtis and his mustache left office in 1933.
Could the presidency be next? The first presidential beard was the one grown by Abraham Lincoln at the suggestion of eleven-year-old supporter Grace Bedell. But we haven’t seen a beard behind the President’s desk since Benjamin Harrison stepped down in 1887. (I’m not counting Harry Truman, who apparently stopped shaving for a few days while on vacation in 1948.)
It has been too long. I don’t know what the future holds for Vance, but for the first time in more than a century, we Bearded-Americans have a seat at the table.
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There is a spot in your lower right corner of your beard . Breakfast perhaps ? ;)
Amen and amen! Now, if JD goes full mountain man, it will be even better.
I suppose being unseen wasn’t completely without its advantages.
“For my entire life”?
Um … I was an early bloomer? OK, my entire adult life. Well, most of it.
Hirsute Lives Matter!
Are we sure that Kamala didn’t have a moustache?
If it’s any encouragement, I’ve already ordered my Vance 2028 yard sign.
Now I want a new hat.
Just to troll the libs for now. I want to see JDV in action first. We have a deep bench, and plenty of time.
Though I am bearded, I am buying a beardless DeSantis sign for 2028.
Beards, schmeards. Vance is historic because he’s the first US Marine ever elected on a national ticket. The E-4 Mafia has arrived in the White House.