JD Vance says Nixon’s Watergate scandal would be ‘12-hour news story’ today (www.theguardian.com)

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Vice-president declares admiration for 37th president and claims Nixon and Trump are targeted by ‘deep state’ forces

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[-] left_is_best@feddit.online 3 points 23 hours ago

Roger Stone, who has a tattoo of Nixon's face on his back, is a long-time Trump friend and and one of his most important unofficial advisors throughout his campaigns and presidencies. Somehow Stone's involvement has stayed out of the limelight despite his heavy involvement in, among other things, all the most insidious parts of January 6th.

Quoth Roger Stone: "Fuck the voting. Let's get right to the violence."

For some extremely preliminary reading:

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/roger-stones-crimes/

https://www.jan-6.com/who-is-roger-stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

I'm aware of Roger Stone (hence the parenthetical above). My point is that the vast majority of people ONLY think "crook" when they think of Nixon. Of course, the vast majority of people never think of Nixon...