Some historians are somewhat comparing the these turbulent times in America to what the country faced in 1968. Richard Nixon from California was the Republican nominee, while Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota was the Democratic nominee.
Nixon’ speech in ’68 took about a third of the time Donald Trump’s took tonight.
From a historical standpoint I thought it might be interesting to compare Nixon’s speech to what we heard from Donald Trump tonight.
Of course, Nixon went on to win the election by a razor thin margin and then ultimately had to resign from office early into his second term amid the Watergate scandal.