0 In a provocative assessment of American political history, US Vice President JD Vance argued on Thursday that the Watergate scandal, which ultimately forced Richard Nixon’s resignation, would be nothing more than a passing “12-hour news story” in today’s polarised media environment. Speaking at t»»»

"The joke is that they’re doing so many crimes now that nobody would care about Nixon," one social media user sagely noted. JD Vance managed to raise eyeballs on Thursday with some comments he made about a president considered to be one of the most corrupt of all time. But, no, it wasn’t Donald Tru»»»

JD Vance does not think the era-defining Watergate scandal would have lasted more than a single news cycle in today’s fragmented, hyper-partisan political environment – and certainly would not have led to a president’s downfall. Speaking at the Richard Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda, Cal»»»