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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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[–] Darthcapi@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago

Watergate looks pretty tame compared to teen pedo president he serves under

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He knows that's not a good thing right? It just highlights the fall

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s sad that he’s right. To be honest compared to what’s going on now I’d be surprised if it even went national.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

3rd page news compared to what's going on today

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Nixon was not a crook" isn't a thing. Even back when I was a dumb right leaning kid, everyone knew he was a crook. (Everyone as in everyone knows Nazis are evil fucks, and everyone knows the world is round, not everyone as in every last breathing soul.)

By connecting the dots between Nixon and Trump, they aren't exonerating Nixon. They are doing the other thing.

[–] left_is_best@feddit.online 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 1 month 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...

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 10 points 1 month ago

He’s not wrong.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Piece of shit literally explains why fox news exists. Roger ales literally said "if we had a friendly media, Nixon would have never had to resign."

So yeah, dickhole vance, we know the propaganda machine is protecting you...

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

JD Vance would have gleefully served in the Nixon administration and would have denied everything until the end.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 month ago

I hate having to agree with this loser

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

'We're so awful that--'

Jail.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] plateee@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Isn't that the whole point of Fox news? Drastically minimize the public's attention span and make sure a Republican president is never taken down the same way again?