House Judiciary Republicans Tried To Protect Nixon Too, And Got Crushed For It

[BuffaloJackalope]

Yet today’s House Republicans are not likely to break with Trump in impeachment votes.
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Nearly a half-century ago, their counterparts who protected then-President Richard Nixon suffered a hefty price for it just months later in the 1974 midterm elections: Five of the 10 members who voted against all three articles of impeachment saw their seats flip to Democrats. Four were defeated outright. The fifth retired, and the Republican hoping to succeed him lost.

“They were saying all summer long that there wasn’t enough evidence to say that Nixon knew” about the cover-up, said former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who was a lawyer on the Judiciary Committee impeachment staff in 1974 and is now running against President Donald Trump for the 2020 GOP nomination. “As soon as the tapes came out, they looked like idiots.”
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“Cult members can’t see past the Kool-Aid,” said John Weaver, a former aide to late Arizona Sen. John McCain.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nixon-defenders-hammering_n_5df28f42e4b0ca713e5ae99c

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Hopefully history will repeat itself.