watching Lawrence and Maddow discuss

[barbtries]

and it just made this little bitterness bubble up: if Nixon had been prosecuted, trump would never have happened. if reagan had. if bush had. but they all skated. and of course he skated for almost 80 years of his life.

i am happy tonight. but i cannot forget that it didn't have to be this way.

i hate republicans

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yep! It really does trace directly back to Watergate and pardoning Nixon...nt

[diane in sf]

7. Or maybe pardoning the crew of Republicans who were plotting to assassinate FDR.

This group included Prescott bush among others.

[gopiscrap]

2. totally agree with you

[msongs]

3. unfortunately he is gonna be top of the news for the next year. he loves the free publicity nt

[barbtries]

5. i'm really hoping

(probably in vain) that he gets slapped with a gag order, because i see that as the quickest way to see his ass jailed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. It was great watching Rachel tonight

[ShazzieB]

10. Yes!

I loved it, and I especially loved it when he said Rachel was the first person he wanted to talk to whenever there is breaking news like this.

[Hekate]

12. Very much so

[ProudProgressiveNow]

6. KR NT

[BadgerMom]

8. This Hartmann Report was in my email this morning.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/first-criminal-president-donald-trump-71f?r=crl3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Hartmann reminds us of Nixon and Reagan and Bush’s ignominious behavior. It’s really Republican Party ignominious behavior. After having read this Hartmann piece just before listening to Michael Beschloss on MSNBC question why Ford pardoned Nixon before he faced any legal consequences made me want to tell him that it possibly was to shield Nixon from investigations that might have unearthed the treason Johnson accused him of.

Let the ex-President face consequences. It’s past time Republicans face justice.

[C Moon]

9. That was great!

[irisblue]

11. They clearly respect each other.

I will watch a Rachel & Lawrence hand off any time, cause high quality knowledge is about to be discussed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. This made me smile

Link to tweet