Internet slams Democratic debate moderators for opening question with false narrative on impeachment

At the Democratic debate in Los Angeles on Thursday, debate moderator Judy Woodruff opened by asking the presidential candidates to offer their view on impeachment — and specifically, asked them how to improve public support for removing President Donald Trump from office, in light of the fact that there is no clear public majority for impeachment as existed under Richard Nixon.

But as many commentators on social media promptly noted, the premise of the question is wrong. Throughout most of the Watergate investigation, the vast majority of Americans did not want Nixon impeached, and only toward the final weeks of the process did Nixon's impeachment numbers approach those of Trump's.