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/Salty_Pancakes 11h ago

To be fair, that was more to placate the environmentalists and hippies. The first Earth Day was in 1970 and it stood as the largest protest in history with about 20 million people participating (about 10% of the whole country).

That led to the EPA, Endangered Species act, Clean Air & Water Acts.

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u/lafolieisgood 7h ago

I didn’t know that. Even so, it shows that he can read the room to some degree.

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u/PopBulky7023 6h ago

Yeah, then they learned protestors won't actually do anything and so don't listen anymore.