Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump.

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On that day, driven by Trump’s rhetoric and his obvious approval, a mob descended on the Capitol and, in a stunning act of collective violence, broke through doors and windows and ransacked the House chamber, where the electoral votes were to be counted. The mob then went in search of Pence — all to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. Trump did nothing to restrain them.

By legal definition this is clearly sedition — conduct, speech or organizing that incites people to rebel against the governing authority of the state. Thus, Trump became the first seditious president in our history.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/06/05/woodward-bernstein-nixon-trump/
 
Perspective by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
June 5, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. EDT

President George Washington, in his celebrated 1796 Farewell Address, cautioned that American democracy was fragile. “Cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government,” he warned.

Two of his successors — Richard Nixon and Donald Trump — demonstrate the shocking genius of our first president’s foresight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/06/05/woodward-bernstein-nixon-trump/
 
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