Watergate historian warns Trump is going beyond what Nixon did: We are two tweets away from a Con

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Watergate historian warns Trump is going ‘beyond’ what Nixon did: ‘We are two tweets away from a Constitutional crisis’


And this, argues Weiner, is what makes this moment in the United States so shockingly dangerous: The government’s legislative branch has shown no indication that it will hold the executive branch accountable if it tramples the rule of law by firing special counsel Robert Mueller.

“If Trump moves to tear down the temple by firing Mueller and Rosenstein and putting in a platoon of stooges in charge of the administration of justice, and if Congress does nothing, then it will be beyond anything that Watergate presented,” he says.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/watergate-historian-warns-trump-going-beyond-nixon-two-tweets-away-constitutional-crisis/

[CrispyQ]

1. The GOP will do anything to keep the power that they've lied, cheated, & stolen to get.

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2. I've said before, our last line of defense is the courts

They are under attack, but have been willing to push back against Trump so far.