'The fundamental difference between the indictment of Richard Nixon and Donald Trump is thus that Nixon believed in the institutions of the United States and the right to carry out the law of the land. Donald Trump does not.' -Jules Witcover
Nixon had Vice President Spiro Agnew in his corner. He called Agnew his"insurance policy," adding that no voters would risk ousting him."They know if they did, they would end up with Agnew!" Nevertheless, he was determined to keep Agnew out of the loop on his own Watergate problems. Captured on tape, Nixon told Agnew:"I don't expect any favors from you. I don't want you to get involved.
Eventually, Agnew's own legal troubles caught up with him. With Agnew now on the way out, Nixon wanted former Texas Gov. John Connally to be his running mate. But fellow Republicans and Democrats alike proposed to Nixon that he choose House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as his vice president.
Nixon did not give the country a chance to convict him. Faced with his own indictment, he resigned and told the nation,"I hope I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." It was hardly a confession of wrongdoing, but it is a marked contrast to the rant Trump gave at Mar-a-Lago. Trump cited grievances and declared that the case against him was"an insult to our country." The fundamental difference between the indictment of Richard Nixon and Donald Trump is thus that Nixon believed in the institutions of the United States and the right to carry out the law of the land. Donald Trump does not.
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