Richard Nixon’s racist case for abortion is getting all the play in articles about newly released Nixon tapes, but the same tapes also contain an interesting revelation about Ronald Reagan’s strong support for the “Saturday Night Massacre.” Given that Nixon’s reputation is already in the toilet, while Reagan is becoming the subject of bipartisan reverence, this Reagan factoid is probably more memorable. The massacre was an act of pure lawlessness, undertaken by Nixon for personal gain rather than any broad ideological or policy objective.
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