And why it’s driving people crazy. In 1972, Richard Nixon was re-elected with over 60% of the popular vote. Just a few years later, he left office as the most disgraced president in history. His resignation cemented his legacy as one of scandal, and for half a century Nixon has been associated with Watergate: “I […] The post How The Kids Learned To Love Richard Nixon appeared first on StoneZone .
And why it’s driving people crazy. In 1972, Richard Nixon was re-elected with over 60% of the popular vote. Just a few years later, he left office as the most disgraced president in history. His resignation cemented his legacy as one of scandal, and for half a century Nixon has been associated with Watergate: “I am not a crook.” But something’s happening online that may once and for all disprove Fitzgerald’s dictum that there are no second acts in American lives. Across social media, Tricky Dick is blowing up — with memes, edits, and merchandise marketed at Gen Z. Thirty-two years after his death, America’s 37th president is popular again. And for the first time ever, he’s cool. “It’s frightening and terrifying and…Open
The Smithsonian is falsely claiming that President Richard Nixon was impeached in its new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The gallery’s “America’s Presidents” exhibit reopened to the public on May 15 and includes a portrait of the 37th president by acclaimed American artist Norman Rockwell. Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon […] The post The Institutional Smear Campaign Against Nixon is an Assault on MAGA appeared first on StoneZone .
The Smithsonian is falsely claiming that President Richard Nixon was impeached in its new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The gallery’s “America’s Presidents” exhibit reopened to the public on May 15 and includes a portrait of the 37th president by acclaimed American artist Norman Rockwell. Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation , wrote a letter to the gallery’s acting director Elliot Gruber noting that the biography accompanying the portrait falsely states that Nixon was impeached on the charges of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. “In fact, President Nixon was never impeached,” Byron wrote. “He resigned on August 9, 1974 before the…Open
The Smithsonian may have falsely claimed that President Richard Nixon was impeached in its new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The gallery’s “America’s Presidents” exhibit reopened to the public on May 15 and includes a portrait of the 37th president by acclaimed American artist Norman Rockwell. Jim Byron, president and CEO of the […] The post Smithsonian Accused of Rewriting Nixon History with False Impeachment Claim appeared first on StoneZone .
The Smithsonian may have falsely claimed that President Richard Nixon was impeached in its new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The gallery’s “America’s Presidents” exhibit reopened to the public on May 15 and includes a portrait of the 37th president by acclaimed American artist Norman Rockwell. Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, wrote a letter to the gallery’s acting director Elliot Gruber alleging that the biography accompanying the portrait falsely states that Nixon was impeached, according to a copy of the letter Byron posted to X Wednesday. According to Byron’s letter, the biography says “investigations into a break in at the Watergate complex and the…Open