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Elizabeth Holtzman on Nixon, Trump and a very good point...
What happened? Saturday Night Massacre. That moved the House because the American people said, “We’ve got to do something.” The American people didn’t know exactly what that something was and whether it was impeachment, but they thought we’re not going to have this kind of system anymore. It was a different story from now. Nixon won in an overwhelming landslide. Trump squeaked through. Americans won’t have to change their minds about him. Americans had to change their minds about Nixon. That’s a very big deal. And they did. And I think in response to what Barney said about Nancy, I wasn’t making an attack on her. People have forgotten that what happened during Watergate was a process of educating and persuading the American people and Congress at the same time.
[link:https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/54/can-the-constitution-survive-trump/|]
Emphasis mine.
Trying to educate and persuade is harder in a post truth world, but the numbers are easier to swing... there is hope here...