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During the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon cast himself as the spokesperson for the silent majority. Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in the election.
Richard Nixon
Silent Majority
The US Constitution gives the House of Representativessole authority to begin impeachment proceedings. If a simple majority of the House votes to impeach, the Senate holds a removal trial.
Richard Nixon
Kerry, a leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, protested Pres. Nixon's beliefs. Kerry wanted the troops out faster.
There were two different leaders during that time. Nikita Khruschev was leader when Nixon became president in 1969. He died in 1971 and was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev, who was there for the rest of Nixon's term.
During the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon cast himself as the spokesperson for the silent majority. Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in the election.
Richard Nixon
watergate
Silent Majority
The US Constitution gives the House of Representativessole authority to begin impeachment proceedings. If a simple majority of the House votes to impeach, the Senate holds a removal trial.
Silent Majority
1952
he was impeached
Gerald Ford
He surely would have been impeached, I think. Anything might have happened in the Senate trial. Recall that it takes a 2/3 majority to remove the President, only a simple majority to impeach.