HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago‘They didn’t stand up to Trump’: how the Republican party descended into disarraywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down110cross-posted to: canada
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minus-squareApostleO@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up38·2 years agoIt’s my strong opinion that the pardon of Nixon is directly responsible for the current state of partisan politics in the US. If he had been held accountable then, we wouldn’t be dealing with half of our politicians arguing that the president is above the law.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 years agoCould we say it’s back even further? Was there any comeuppance after the Civil War?
minus-squareApostleO@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoKinda, but with the later Southern Strategy, and the two parties kinda switching sides, that gets a bit muddy to follow a direct causal chain.
It’s my strong opinion that the pardon of Nixon is directly responsible for the current state of partisan politics in the US.
If he had been held accountable then, we wouldn’t be dealing with half of our politicians arguing that the president is above the law.
You’re not wrong.
Could we say it’s back even further? Was there any comeuppance after the Civil War?
Kinda, but with the later Southern Strategy, and the two parties kinda switching sides, that gets a bit muddy to follow a direct causal chain.