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