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Vice President Vance Says Watergate Would Be a 12-Hour Story Today
Vice President JD Vance stated at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library that the Watergate scandal would have been treated as a brief news event if it occurred now. He compared institutions that targeted Nixon to those that targeted President Trump.
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Vice President JD Vance said the Watergate scandal would have been a 12-hour news story if it happened today.
Vance appeared at the library to promote his book Communion:
Finding My Way Back to Faith, which covers his conversion to Catholicism in 2019. He said he has always liked former President Richard Nixon and drew parallels between the institutions that targeted Nixon and those that targeted President Donald Trump during his first term.
Vance compared himself to Nixon, noting that both served as young senators and vice presidents, wrote bestselling books, and faced media criticism.
The Watergate break-in occurred in the early morning of June 17, 1972, at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC. Nixon resigned from the presidency in 1974 after an impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives. As of June 26, 2026, Vance has not formally announced an intention to run for president in 2028.
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