Once upon a time, there was president named Richard Nixon.
The people loved him.
When the democratic national committee’s offices were broken into 6 month’s before his reelection, the President swore he had nothing to do with it.
The president was not a crook and would never wire tap or spy on his political rival.
The people believed him and stood by him.
His fellow Republicans fiercely defended him against the evil democrats.
The president claimed that it was all a partisan Witch-hunt.
When a whistleblower from inside the FBI came forward, the president tried vehemently to discredit him.
When the press began verifying the information provided by the whistleblower, the president declared that the press was the enemy of the people.
7 different men in his administration were indicted over the break-in and they confessed that yes, the president was behind digging up dirt on his political rival.
But the people still wouldn’t believe it and stood by him.
The parties polarized.
But -lo and behold, the president was reelected.
Then one day it was discovered that there were tape recordings of the president discussing the break-in that he swore to know nothing about.
A special prosecutor tried to Subpoena these recordings and the president insisted that he should be fired.
All hell broke loose and in one day 2 different attorney generals resigned and Nixon and his new special prosecutor released edited transcripts of the recordings…
Nixon fought the Democrat’s Witch Hunt all the way to the Supreme Court but they unanimously ruled that the recordings – not edited transcripts – had to be released.
We all know the end of this story.
It was proven that the president was cheating in order to get reelected – it was proven that he lied and that he put this country through 2 years of utter hell while indignantly denying everything.
Finally, all of the people who defended him turned on him and they realized, it wasn’t the evil democrats and it wasn’t a partisan witch-hunt
The president did something seriously wrong and got caught
And it was all because a whistleblower had the courage to stand up for what was right
Let’s look the parallels of today…
Tried to dig up dirt on a political rival to get reelected – CHECK
Declaring the investigation a witch hunt – CHECK
7 People Indicted within their Administrations – CHECK
Completely refusing to cooperate – CHECK
Willing to fire anyone who got in their way – CHECK
Caught only because of one whistleblower – CHECK
Trying to do everything to discredit the whistleblower – CHECK
Blaming everything on the democrats – CHECK
Putting the country through 2 years of hell – CHECK
Obstructing Justice – CHECK
Abusing the power of office – CHECK
Turned people away from the facts and calling the Press the Enemy – CHECK
The president was the real enemy – not the press
The press was telling the truth
The whistleblower was telling the truth
Do your homework about leaders throughout history who intentionally manipulated people to mistrust the media
Has this president made you mistrust the media?
CHECK
Let’s not repeat history.
Call your senators – they have our future in their hands
And if you won’t call – forward this video to someone who will
I’m Gina Fant-Simon and I plead with everyone to stop choosing sides and choose Integrity over Party.
Thank you