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Making Richard Nixon Great Again


Politico: “Among a small but influential group of young conservative activists and intellectuals, ‘Tricky Dick’ is making a quiet — but notable — comeback. Long condemned by both Democrats and Republicans as the ‘crook’ that he infamously swore not to be, Nixon is reemerging in some conservative circles as a paragon of populist power, a noble warrior who was unjustly consigned to the black list of American history.”

“Across the right-of-center media sphere, examples of Nixonmania abound. Online, popular conservative activists are studying the history of Nixon’s presidency as a ‘blueprint for counter-revolution’ in the 21st century. In the pages of small conservative magazines, readers can meet the ‘New Nixonians’ who are studying up on Nixon’s foreign policy prowess. On TikTok, users can scroll through meme-ified homages to Nixon. And in the weirdest (and most irony laden) corners of the internet, Nixon stans are even swooning over the former president’s swarthy good looks.”

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