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Search results for "Trump's terrible new poll numbers put him in 'Nixon resignation' territory"

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Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 06, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live":
"Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."
By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2019
Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Joe Biden resigned and “Trump is the new president.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 9, 2022
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a speech in Kenosha, Wis.:
"No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2017
Jake Tapper stated on January 13, 2021 in remarks in a CNN broadcast:
The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”
By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2021
Scott Walker stated on January 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”
By Eric Litke• January 28, 2021
Lawrence Lessig stated on January 05, 2015 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"If you ask how many times did Ronald Reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. If you say how many times did Barack Obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times."
By Jonathan Van Fleet• January 20, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
By Bill McCarthy• May 21, 2020
Ron Johnson stated on December 11, 2023 in TV interview:
Democrats have also used alternate slates of electors "repeatedly in all kinds of different states."
By Ricardo Torres• December 15, 2023
Donald Trump stated on June 04, 2019 in a press conference in London:
"I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record."    
By Jon Greenberg• June 6, 2019
Matthew Dowd stated on September 06, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
By Jon Greenberg• September 10, 2015
Bryan Steil stated on October 31, 2019 in a tweet:
The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."
By Eric Litke• November 5, 2019
Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2018 in a tweet:
"Wow, highest Poll Numbers in the history of the Republican Party. That includes Honest Abe Lincoln and Ronald Reagan."
By Louis Jacobson• July 30, 2018
Newt Gingrich stated on August 30, 2009 in an op-ed in The Washington Post:
"Since World War II, only Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton have had worse ratings after seven months than President Obama."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 31, 2009
Karl Rove stated on December 16, 2009 in a 'Wall Street Journal' column:
President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year."
By Louis Jacobson• December 17, 2009
Paul Gigot stated on December 07, 2019 in an interview:
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."  
By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2019
Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." 
By Lauren Carroll• December 22, 2015
Jay Nixon stated on August 12, 2015 in a post on Twitter:
Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities."
By Arthur Cook• September 24, 2015
Chris Wallace stated on May 15, 2016 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday":
"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."
By Lauren Carroll• May 18, 2016
Facebook posts stated on October 09, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
"If Biden becomes president and cannot complete his term, Harris will become president, and Pelosi will become vice president."
By Ilana Strauss• October 11, 2020
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
If Joe Biden steps down, Nancy Pelosi will become vice president.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 16, 2020

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By John Kruzel• September 24, 2018

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By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2017

Previewing Donald Trump's 'Today' show town hall

By Katie Sanders• October 25, 2015

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By Manuela Tobias• June 22, 2017

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