What if Dan Quayle accepted Leo Ryan’s invitation to go to Jonestown?
In case you don’t know, US Congressman Leo Ryan was killed in 1978 when he was investigating Jonestown, Guyana, a kind of settlement where followers of Jim Jones lived, and following the killing of Ryan, Jones forced a mass suicide. Ryan had actually invited sitting representative and future Vice President Dan Quayle to come with him, but Quayle declined. Should Quayle go to Guyana, he likely gets killed and his seat is taken by someone else. the only big change I see happening is George HW Bush choosing a different Vice President OTL, and in this case he chooses the highly qualified Senator Bob Dole. I believe they would win the 1988 election but loose 1992, and history goes on the same. I could potentially see Newt Gingrich running as Republican opposed to Dole in 96, but I think it’s unlikely.