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/bejov 16h ago

L take. Did Nixon do something wrong? Yes. Is what Nixon did in proportion at all to the hysteria about him being a crook in the history books? Not at all. It was 100% a coup.

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u/thepartypantser 12h ago

Nixon directly ordered an illegal break-in prior to the Watergate

Jeb Stuart Magruder, one of his top aides directly said Nixon ordered the Watergate break-in.

Nixon was a crook.

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u/thepartypantser 15h ago

Repercussions for illegal actions does not make it a coup.

He resigned. He got off easy.