Donald Trump sees Republicans like Jim Jordan as employees, doing his bidding on Capitol Hill. (via MaddowBlog)
Donald Trump sees Republicans like Jim Jordan as "great" employees, doing his bidding on the Capitol Hill.As a rule, Republicans have spent the last half-century avoiding comparisons to Richard Nixon. That’s understandable: The late former president resigned in disgrace after having been caught up in a series of indefensible scandals. Few GOP officials and candidates have wanted to be associated with Nixon or his legacy.
In other words, as Trump described it, Nixon was guilty; he knew he was guilty; his public support had collapsed; and Congress was poised to throw him out of office. Trump believes quitting was nevertheless the wrong call, and based on private conversations that may or may not have occurred, Trump would have the public believe that Nixon himself regretted his decision.
He added, “Nixon didn’t get along with the people in Congress. He didn’t get along with the senators. But the fact is, we have some great people in the Republican Party, but I get along with them, and they stuck together.” In other words, unlike Nixon, who had to deal with some principled GOP lawmakers, Trump benefited from knee-jerk support from Jordan and his cohorts, who appeared — and continues to appear — indifferent to the former president’s culpability.
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