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0 pointsamalcon1y ago0 comments

That has literally happened in the United States before.

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Yes, I'm aware, but it's also not what I'm worried about. And I doubt it's what anyone who is alarmed by this ruling is worried about. I dream of a world where the biggest concern we have is a president doing something illegal and then giving up the most powerful office in the land to avoid consequences. Does anyone think that Nixon would have resigned if this happened in 2024?

AnimalMuppet1y ago

Nixon resigned because he was going to be impeached, and convicted in the impeachment, and he couldn't stop it. The House committee (whichever one originates such things) had already voted to impeach. It was then going to go to the full House, which would have voted to impeach, but Nixon resigned first.

To show what a different world it was then, the chair of the House committee, a Democrat, called his wife to tell her "we voted to impeach", *and then started crying" because it was horrible that it had come to that, and that the president had done such things. Today they would have been cheering.

DarknessFalls1y ago

Trump has already proven himself to be more corrupt and sociopathic than Nixon. He was impeached and convicted and didn't resign. He is now a convicted felon and continues to pursue a second term. This is a different world.

valleyer1y ago

Trump was not convicted at the impeachment trials.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impeachment_trial_of_Don...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Do...

teknopaul1y ago

He was impeached, and every single politician voted on party line, the whole GOP is 100% corrupt (if you agree he clearly did do it) impeachment is not a useful tool in this situation.

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