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, California, on Thursday (25 June), the vice president said that the scandal involving Richard Nixon, would have been a “12-hour news story” if it had happened in 2026. “The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy,” Vance told the audience. Watergate, known as the biggest political scandal of the 20th century, began in 1972 when operatives linked to Nixon’s re-election campaign were caught planting listening devices at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, leading to his resignation in 1974.

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

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."

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Watergate scandal during a speech on Thursday, saying that the controversy that toppled President Richard M. Nixon would be “like a 12-hour news story” if it happened today. “The…

On the American right, there is an unbroken lineage of Watergate propaganda going back to the 70s from today