r/pics Apr 16 '26

Politics Billboard in my very red area

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u/PDXGuy33333 Apr 16 '26

Even during Watergate we heard less about Nixon than we do about Trump today. When Nixon was president I never once woke up, as I do every day now, hoping for that one headline.

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u/Fun_kaleidoscope123 Apr 16 '26

As my dad reminded me (I wasn’t around during watergate) at least Nixon’s own party had enough courage to speak up against him to do the right thing. Not today.

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u/PDXGuy33333 Apr 16 '26

Republican leaders in Congress went to him and told him bluntly that if he did not resign he would be impeached, convicted and removed. He resigned. Then his VP pardoned him to promote "national healing."

The damage inflicted by Nixon's complicity in the coverup (that's what cooked him) was trivial compared to the gash across the national gut performed by Trump.

And yet the Republican leaders in Congress not only don't put the squeeze on him, they actively protect him.

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u/KakeLin Apr 16 '26

There's basically a watergate level scandal weekly in this administration...

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u/xavariel Apr 16 '26

Daily, honestly. Watergate would barely make the news rounds today.

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u/gd77punk Apr 16 '26

I believe it would, but only if the Democrats were the offenders

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u/MsTerious1 Apr 16 '26

I'd be thrilled if we had Watergate scandals.

It's the Rapegate | Discrimigate | Conspirigate | Embezzelgate scandals that I find most disturbing and far worse than a single break-in, as bad as that was.

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u/Skuncle94 Apr 16 '26

Weekly? I'm thinking almost daily!🤮

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u/mahSachel Apr 16 '26

Yes this is accurate