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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHey- wasn't the original SomethingGate a GOP thing too?
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Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)Last edited Sun May 17, 2020, 07:24 PM - Edit history (1)
with the news orgs finally getting tired of everything being labeled " (whatever)gate" since the 1970's
So, of course, Trump resurrected it.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)it was **against** the GOP
dweller
(23,629 posts)on PeePeeTapeGate ...
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LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)Looking at all the shit Trump gets away with daily, it's hard to believe that Nixon had to go because he lied about a little break-in.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)safeinOhio
(32,675 posts)The latest.
keithbvadu2
(36,792 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)that was the name of the building in which the Democratic National Committee was housed, and thus where the break-in took place: the Watergate Office Building. The Watergate Complex has 6 buildings, including coop apartments, a hotel, and the office building.
The gate was detached and came to b added to other political scandals. It has no meaning; its just a tag that has come to indicate scandal.