Mocking Watergate Scandal, Vance Flaunts Corrupt Cynicism of Trump White House

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In his clueless and clumsy style, JD Vance has unmasked the cynical corruption at the core of Donald Trump’s White House. Speaking at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on June 25, the vice president said, “As I joked … backstage, if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy.” Was Vance joking? With him as with so many […]

Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.