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GOP leaders warn Nixon era echoes in Trump crisis
In 1974 three top Republicans visited Nixon at the White House amid talk of impeachment as the Watergate affair shook Capitol Hill. The piece contrasts then and now with experts noting party polarization, Trump’s hold on the GOP, and fears leaders would risk their status to oppose him. It cites Goldwater, Scott, Rhodes and scholars on party dynamics and impeachment.
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