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"So did you catch JD Vance's rather revealing thoughts on the history of Richard Nixon and Watergate? Yeah, take a look. I'm actually fascinated by Nixon. I think that his historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. Aw, JD. One of the main reasons for this renaissance is that historians and political scientists are pointing out that while Nixon has long been considered a deeply flawed president, Trump is so much worse. Just look at recent presidential rankings. These scholars also note that while Nixon was a conservative, he also signed bipartisan legislation that protected the environment, workers, voting rights, and women's rights. Your boss? Mm, not so much. But please, continue. If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy. Yeah, so crazy, because Watergate only involved Nixon's covert and illegal effort to subvert the 1972 presidential election, his soliciting and use of illegal campaign donations, his instructing White House staffers to lie to grand juries, and his attempt to weaponize the CIA, FBI, and IRS against his political enemies, among other things. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy. You think it's crazy because your boss has done so much more to undermine democracy, weaponize the DOJ, and make billions of dollars through illegal and unethical schemes, plus illegally demolishing part of the White House, using the military against civilians, and illegally suppressing the release of, you know, the files. Truth be told, Trump makes Nixon look like a boy scout. Any more deep thoughts? If you look at how the deep state took down Richard Nixon, it's not all that different from what the same institutions tried to do to Donald Trump and the first Trump administration. Aw, JD, you just couldn't resist prostituting yourself for Trump, could you? The truth is that Nixon was forced to resign by a group of Republican lawmakers, led by super conservative Senator Barry Goldwater. So very much not the deep state. Anything else to share, Mr. VP? At a personal level, young Senator, Vice President, writes some bestselling books, is hated by the media. It kind of sounds like JD Vance. So I'm a little, I've always liked Richard Nixon. How unsurprising. But you're left out that you and Nixon also share a burning desire for power at any cost and that you both have the charisma of a couch pillow. Wait, that might explain why he-"

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