J.D. Vance's Watergate Comments Reveal the GOP's Eroded Standards on Presidential Corruption
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Nikki McCann Ramirez
Summary
The article argues that J.D. Vance's dismissal of the Watergate scandal as a "deep state" plot reflects the modern GOP's lowered standards for presidential corruption. It contrasts the gravity of Watergate—which forced Richard Nixon to resign—with the current political climate where Donald Trump's pervasive corruption barely registers as news. Vance's attempt to retroactively normalize Nixon's abuses is presented as an indictment of how far the Republican Party has moved from holding presidents accountable.
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Rolling StoneJ.D. Vance's Watergate Comments Reveal the GOP's Eroded Standards on Presidential Corruptionrollingstone.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIf Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story.
The vice president claimed that Richard Nixon, the only American president ever to resign from office in the face of a scandal, was experiencing a 'renaissance.'
President Donald Trump's corruption is so pervasive that the types of scandals that once would have toppled — or at least threatened — the stability of a presidency barely register as a blip in the news cycle.
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