Nixon resigned because Republican leaders told him that he would be impeached AND convicted.

[ArtTownsend]

Enough Republicans in Congress back then had the moral conscience, or at the very least, a sense of political self-preservation and an actual desire to salvage their historical reputations, to eventually reject Nixon.

Of course, it helped immensely that there was no FOX News and that the Republican Party hadn’t been utterly taken over by far-right ideologues, vicious demagogues, partisan hacks, corrupt assholes, or various combinations thereof.

Republicans back then - enough of them, at least - had shame. But Trump, McConnell, and others are so shameless, so cynical, so utterly devoid of moral conscience, that they have given today’s Republican politicians cover to be political and moral cowards.

Real profiles in courage there.

[Moostache]

1. They are reflections of their voters, period.

The people of Kentucky who keep sending that asshole turtle back to DC? Their fault....ALL of this.

The others in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who stayed home in a fit of pique, voted for Stein or even crossed over to Trump? Their fault too....ALL of this.

Every MAGAt, Every redneck racist, Every fake X-tian, Every Fox News drone...ALL their fault, period.

[NYC Liberal]

2. GOP fully supported Nixon for a long time. Until the public hearings and then

then the tapes.

Wait for the public hearings that are starting shortly.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Don't get your hopes up

This is not 1974.

[Voltaire2]

4. But that happened rather quickly after months of public hearings.

Before that it was all "nothing to see here move along".

The senate watergate hearings started May 17, 1973, the house impeachment hearings started October 30, 1973, July 24 1974 SCOTUS ordered the release of the tapes, it was game over, his support in the Senate collapsed and Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.

[Brother Buzz]

5. There were others, but that certain senator from Arizona was the point man.

In my perfect world, and carrying on an Arizona tradition, John McCain would have been that point man today.

Would have, could have, should have been.