Nixon may have been a criminal and an asshole, but he actually had some positive accomplishments - for example, he vastly improved diplomatic relations with China, established the Environmental Protection Agency, and supported lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.

[Note: contrary to social media standards, acknowledging someone's legit accomplishments does not equal forgiving all their bad shit.]

Or Roger Ailes

Well, it was already on the decline going into Reagan, even on that graph

A lot of environmental reform happened under Nixon