How does the impeachment of Andrew Johnson relate to today? (Preferably referencing Nixon resignation or the Clinton impeachment). Serious answers only please!

Respuesta :

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson relate to today with the Harsh comparison with Trump .

Explanation:

In 1868, Johnson was the first president to be brought to trial by the House of Representatives. Only one vote short of two thirds following his trial in the Senate, he avoided the office elimination but was so humiliated he was refused the nomination of his party in the same year.

Trump and Johnson come from other areas of the economic spectrum of America ā€” Johnson from extreme deprivation, Trump from extreme wealth. Nonetheless, they share warriors, a disregard for political pleasantries and a propensity towards divisive, at sometimes hateful rhetoric.

In addition to the news from Trump, Meacham says that Trump "has now ranked Andrew Johnson as one of the most racist of our chairs," and Jon Meacham, a President-historian who started writing a chapter about the specific instance of Johnson in a novel on the case, draw a tough comparison with four Political Congresswomen activists who are "going back" to the countries from whatever they come.