The vice president says Nixon’s Watergate scandal would just be a “12-hour news story.” That proves he knows how bad his boss really is.

Vice President JD Vance says the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today’s news cycle.

The vice president, fascinated by the past leader, also compared Richard Nixon to President Donald Trump and the numerous problems he faced in recent years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today's news cycle, and he

The vice president says Nixon’s Watergate scandal would just be a “12-hour news story.” That proves he knows how bad his boss really is.

Vice-president declares admiration for 37th president and claims Nixon and Trump targeted by ‘deep state’ forces

"The joke is that they’re doing so many crimes now that nobody would care about Nixon," one social media user sagely noted.

"The joke is that they’re doing so many crimes now that nobody would care about Nixon," one social media user sagely noted.

“If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story," Vance said. | World News

J.D. Vance admired Nixon and drew parallels between the past president and Trump.

Der US-Vize zieht einen Vergleich zwischen Ex-Präsident Nixon und seinem Chef, der für Aufsehen sorgt: Den einen habe der »Deep State« zu Fall gebracht, bei dem anderen sei es…

“The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy,” Vance said.

Lors d’un discours tenu jeudi à la Bibliothèque présidentielle de Richard Nixon en Californie, le vice-président américain a choqué nombre d’historiens, et certainement les deux…

'As I jokingly said before going on stage, if Watergate happened tomorrow, the news would disappear from the media after 12 hours. The idea that it brought down a presidency is…

Vice President J.D. Vance dismissed the Watergate scandal as a "deep state" plot to oust Richard Nixon, whom he said is experiencing a "renaissance."

JD Vance said he does not believe Watergate, if it happened today, would lead to a president’s downfall. Speaking at the Richard Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda,…

"He’s insinuating that his own regime has so normalized corruption and lawlessness that past corruption and lawbreaking schemes now seem minor."

The veep compared himself to the former president, painting him as another bad boy who overcame his snooty detractors and achieved supreme power.

It’s not every day that you see the would-be frontrunner for a major party’s presidential nomination extolling the virtues of Richard Nixon and downplaying his corruption.

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The vice president may have revealed more than he intended, Jacob Soboroff suggested.