Nixon acquiesced to the high crime of a stolen presidential election.
By
Robert Curry
There is, of course, plenty of blame
to go around, but Richard Nixon did give us two terrible precedents.
Both struck at the heart of our constitutional order, and they are key
elements of our current political catastrophe. The first of these precedents
occurred in the wake of the 1960 election. As you know, John F. Kennedy
stole the election with the help of the Mafia in Chicago and the crooked
cronies of “Landslide” Lyndon Johnson in Texas. Although this was
widely known at the time, Nixon decided not to challenge the results in
Illinois and Texas. It was said that he did not want to put the nation
through the trauma of a disputed presidential election.
As Guilty As the Thief
I was shocked. Instead of honoring his constitutional duty to stand up for election integrity, Nixon acquiesced to the high crime of a stolen presidential election. Had he mounted a successful challenge, Americans would have had the opportunity to learn about the series of steps that the framers included in the Constitution’s design as safeguards against election theft. ...........To Read More....
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