We all knew 2020 would be an eventful year given the highly important presidential election in November. But we had no idea exactly how crazy this year would be. This post recaps several of the major events of 2020, as demonstrated by the megathreads and discussion threads posted on r/politics this year.
Iran: The year started with the death of Qassim Soleimani via a U.S. airstrike1 , the House of Representatives approving a measure to restrain President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran2 , and the subsequent Iran airstrike on a U.S. airbase in Iraq3 .
Impeachment: President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial in January and subsequent acquittal on February 5, which was covered in twenty-four discussion threads4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27 and nine megathreads28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36 . President Trump subsequently fired multiple impeachment witnesses37,38 .
State of the Union: President Trump gave his annual State of the Union address on February 539,40 .
Democratic Primary Debates: The Democratic Presidential Primary Debates, which began in 2019, continued in 2020 with the 7th debate on January 1441,42 , 8th debate on February 743,44,45 , 9th debate on February 1946,47,48,49 , 10th debate on February 2550,51,52,53 , and 11th debate on March 1554,55 .
Democratic Candidates’ Status: Simultaneously, several Democratic primary candidates dropped out of the race in January and February: Julián Castro on January 256,57 , Marianne Williamson on January 10, Cory Booker on January 1358 , John Delaney on January 31, Andrew Yang on February 1159 , Deval Patrick on February 12, and Tom Steyer on February 2960 .
Primaries and Caucuses: The Democratic primary and caucus season started on February 3 with the Iowa Caucus (won by Buttigieg)61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72 . Then came the New Hampshire Primary on February 11 (won by Sanders)73,74,75,76,77 , the Nevada Caucus on February 22 (won by Sanders)78,79,80,81, and the South Carolina Primary on February 29 (won by Biden)82,83,84,85. On March 1, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Steyer ended their campaigns endorsed Biden86,87,88 . Several states held their primaries on March 3 (Super Tuesday)89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98 . On March 4, Warren ended her presidential campaign99 and March 10 (Super Tuesday Part II)100,101,102,103,104 . The rest of the states held their primaries and caucuses 105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117 . Bernie Sanders ended his candidacy on April 8118 and endorsed Biden on April 13119 . Barack Obama endorsed Biden on April 14120 .
Coronavirus: Starting on March 10, President Trump and/or Vice President Pence conducted frequent Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefings before fizzling out121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159 . Megathreads related to the coronavirus pandemic included Trump suspending travel from Europe160, Trump declaring a national emergency161, the coronavirus relief bill162,163,164, Trump removing the watchdog overseeing the coronavirus relief bill165, Trump halting funding for the WHO166, Trump temporarily suspending immigration into the U.S.167, the revelations in Bob Woodward’s book168, and the second coronavirus relief bill169,170,171,172 .
Kamala Harris: On August 11, Joe Biden announced that he selected Kamala Harris as his running mate172,173 .
Conventions: In August, the political parties each held their conventions: Democratic Convention on August 17-20174,175,176,177 and Republican Convention on August 24-27178,179,180,181 .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: On September 18, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away182,183 . We hosted a series of discussion threads regarding the nomination, hearings, and confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as the newest Supreme Court Justice184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193 .
Presidential Debates: The General Election Presidential Debates were held on September 29194,195,196,197,198 and October 22199,200,201,202,203 and the Vice Presidential Debate was held on October 7204,205,206,207 . Biden and Trump also held a number of town halls throughout the fall208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220 .
Supreme Court Hearings and Opinions: Throughout the year, we hosted several discussion threads and megathreads for Supreme Court hearings and opinions221,222,223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233 .
White House Press Briefings: We also hosted thirty four discussion threads for White House Press Briefings234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,266,267 and forty discussion threads for President Trump’s press briefings268,269,270,271,272,273,274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284,285,286,287,288,289,290,291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308 . Biden also gave a number of prepared remarks and press conferences309,310,311,312,313,314,315,316 .
COVID-19 Diagnoses: On October 3, President Donald Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19317,318,319,320,321,322,323,324,325 . Several other notable political figures were also diagnosed with COVID-19, including Rand Paul326, Hope Hicks327, Stephen Miller328, and Rudy Giuliani329 .
Daily general election Discussion Threads: For about five weeks leading up to the presidential election, we posted a daily general election discussion thread330,331,332,333,334,335,336,337,338,339,340,341,342,343,344,345,346,347,348,349,350,350,352,353,354,355,356,357,358,359,360,361,362,363,364,365,366,367,368 .
Presidential Election: On the day of the presidential election (November 3) and while votes were being counted, we posted over eighty election discussion threads. Rather than linking to all of these individually, you can find them all in our election recap thread. It was nice to be able to hang out together while anxiously awaiting the results!
Joe Biden officially passed the 270 electoral vote mark on December 14, thus affirming his victory as President-Elect369 . The Trump Campaign and other Republicans lost several lawsuits since the election370,371,372,373,374 . The GSA began the transition process on November 24375 . Attorney General Bill Barr stated that there was no widespread election fraud376 .The Justice Department began investigating a potential presidential pardon bribery scheme377 . Mitch McConnell acknowledged Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election378 .
Congressional Hearings: We’ve hosted discussion threads for fourteen Congressional hearings, including Barr, Fauci, Redfield, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Apple, DeJoy, and Yates379,380,381,382,383,384,385,386,387,388,389,390,391,392 .
Pardons: Over the past couple of weeks, Trump granted pardons and clemency to dozens393,394,395,396 .
AMAs: We’ve hosted a ton of interesting guests for AMAs this year. A complete list of all AMAs is available here. Notable guests include:
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Ace Watkins: our April Fools AMA, the ONLY gamer running for president
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Ron Klain: Chief of Staff to VP Biden, now pegged to be Chief of Staff to President Biden
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The Satanic Temple: discussing their "Satanic Abortion Ritual", and religious exemptions to anti-abortion laws
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Ben Hovland: chairman of the US Elections Assistance Commission
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Kim Wyman and Steve Simon: Secretaries of State back for their 3rd annual NVRD AMA
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Pete Buttigieg: discussing his work on Biden's campaign
2020 has been an absolutely wild year. Here’s hoping for a far less eventful year in 2021!
Happy New Year,
The r/Politics Moderation Team
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