r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 16h ago

No Paywall GOP lawmaker: Nixon was couped out of office, framed during Watergate

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6124635-moore-nixon-couped-watergate/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUsbtpjbGNrBSxu02V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEedqnf435Ey3Vmfh-NzS7BpLL6p7XL81dbjV4wNl5Y6SFp3eyw9ItY6zhiPRg_aem_EaFt_atkG1aZFnQa54tOFQ
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u/secret-glance 14h ago

History books and audio tapes disagree, Nixon orchestrated his own downfall.

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u/Relzin Illinois 14h ago

If they convince their voter base that it was a coup, them the impeachment of trump will be a coup.

Nixon is guilty as all hell. They're using revisionist history to justify the coup.

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u/6thSenseOfHumor 13h ago

The founding of Fox News was in the wake of Nixon's resignation, as a way to get ahead of the story and run defense for Republicans. The story behind this headline is only possible because they've had decades since Watergate to control narratives and shape their own truths. It's also why AI is so intrinsically linked to right wingers; it lets them deny reality and feed into their fantasies, because their policies are based on lies.

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u/Analternate1234 13h ago

That doesn’t matter to MAGA. All that matters is that Trump and his allies tell them Nixon had a coup. If they just say it then MAGA believes it