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Rhiannon12866

(206,021 posts) Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:40 PM Aug 2021

'100 Times Worse Than Nixon': Historian Warns Of Trump's 'Coup' In Damning 2021 Emails - MSNBC

New evidence concerning Donald Trump’s DOJ pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election shows DOJ officials rejected their colleague’s attempt to intervene in Georgia’s election certification. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss how Trump’s so-called “coup attempt” echoes the Nixon-era “Saturday Night Massacre.” Aired on 08/05/2021.

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'100 Times Worse Than Nixon': Historian Warns Of Trump's 'Coup' In Damning 2021 Emails - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 OP

He Is Right colsohlibgal Aug 2021 #1

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2021 #2

New evidence reveals TFG came a lot closer to pulling off a coup than any of us realized LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #3

Let's see, pressbox69 Aug 2021 #4

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)

1. He Is Right

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 10:47 PM

Aug 2021

Everything was different. Nixon quit when three Republican Senators told him to his face that he would get impeached because they would vote for it. The three included Barry Goldwater.

Choosing country over Party imagine that today.