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10. What was Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre?

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:55 AM

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Scripps News
Mar 6, 2018

Once Richard Nixon ordered the firing of Archibald Cox, the president's fate was nearly sealed.

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Hey J.D.! About Nixon being a Nothingburger, care to debate [View all] no_hypocrisy Saturday OP

JD accused the "Deep State"?? kentuck Saturday #1

What was Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre? struggle4progress Saturday #10

I guess he assumes that most of the people PatSeg Saturday #2

"I am not a crook" NBachers Saturday #3

Missing White House Tapes struggle4progress Saturday #8

Deep State took him down??...his own republican party did. spanone Saturday #4

Nixon's Watergate "smoking gun" tape released struggle4progress Saturday #9

;-{) THIS Goonch Saturday #5

Vance wasn't even born in 1972. greatauntoftriplets Saturday #6

"I accidentally maintained this pose for over 18 minutes!" struggle4progress Saturday #7

So... what your administration did was WAY BIGGER than what Nixon did RainCaster Saturday #11

To Be Fair... ProfessorGAC Saturday #12

To be fair . . . . no_hypocrisy Saturday #13