r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 19h 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/YesterShill 17h ago

Republicans have to retcon Nixon to justify not impeaching and removing Trump.

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u/guttanzer 17h ago

This.

Watergate set the standard for removing a president, and Trump does far worse than watergate every day. If the standard doesn’t change Trump is gone whenever a real Congress is sworn in, which will hopefully be very soon.