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

"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.

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

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."

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

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.

It's not every day that you see the would-be frontrunner for a major US party's presidential nomination extolling the virtues of former president Richard Nixon and downplaying his…

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