Nixon was nothing like President Trump, his library tweets

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Nixon nothing like President Trump, his library tweets
If you think Nixon fired an FBI director, think again, his presidential library says.

YORBA LINDA, California (KTRK) -- The Richard Nixon presidential library tweeted overnight after there were comparisons between the embattled chief executive and President Trump.

The tweet read:

Some Democrats likened the firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday to President Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre," where a special prosecutor was fired while looking into the Watergate scandal.

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