You know, Nixon called Watergate a witch-hunt, too.
@georgetakei I swear, witches don't ever recognize themselves.
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Authoritarians have a propensity to call accountability anything but what it actually is.
@georgetakei they want us to assume there are no witches, but when there ARE witches a witch hunt is required.
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You know that many, many times they got the witch.
@georgetakei β€˜course a witch hunt wouldn’t be a bad idea if there was actual witches attacking the Capitol and plotting insurrection 🀷
@georgetakei The cry of "witch hunt" when held to account for criminal actions is tantamount to a confession, is it not?
@georgetakei History repeats itself, as they say...
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πŸ₯₯ I did NOT remember that #Nixon called #Watergate a witch hunt, Mr. Takei.
Thank YOU for the reminder! πŸΆπŸ’•
@georgetakei So... who's he calling a witch... πŸ™„πŸ€”πŸ˜€

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It appears that criminal Presidents think of themselves as witches.
And I find that weird. Is it some kind of kinky thing?

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Everyone should listen to the "Bag Man" podcast by Rachel #Maddow. It focuses on the criminality of Spiro Agnew and how he attacked the media. Many parallels to the #Trump administration. There's even a recent #indictment episode!
@georgetakei He also said "I am not a crook."
@georgetakei and Barry Goldwater whined about the "Ratfink Eastern press."
@georgetakei With Trump it was a Watergate a week...
@georgetakei It's always a "witch hunt" when it's a white republican. Fuck all these racists.
@georgetakei And then beat a hasty retreat before he got burned

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Congress should have impeached Ford for pardoning Nixon. Then the AG should have charged them both.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was planned ahead of time when Nixon picked Ford to replace Agnew.

I think that this was the real turning point to how we ended up with an emboldened Trump.

@chidi_anagonye @georgetakei

Agree 100%

Why wouldn't Trump think he"d escape justice?

Reagan's treason with Iran during the hostage crisis and subsequent pardons by Bush Sr.

Bush Jr illegally capturing the presidency in Florida by purging voter rolls.

Bush Jr wars based on false WMD propaganda.

Bill Barr acting as Trump's personal attorney neutralizing DOJ.

Etc., etc.

@georgetakei yeah, but Nixon, like Reagan, was a moron.
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I danced a little jig of despair when Nixon died.
@georgetakei Nixon didn’t have one of our 2 political parties backing him to the hilt. People should remember that Adolf HItler was sent to prison by the Weimar government.
@georgetakei I bet he did trump is just Nixon on drugs
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Yes. But unfortunately, they didn't burn him.
@LenaLia
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That too, was unsuccessful and unbelievable.
@georgetakei they always say anything they can to try to distract people when they know they've been caught.
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Watergate... they knew which hunt, it was E. Howard Hunt.