Trump plan to hijack 4th of July event not encouraged by history
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Rachel Maddow looks back at the resulting debacle when Richard Nixon tried to use Washington, D.C.'s Fourth of July celebration to bolster his public image, and relays reports of Donald Trump's plans to turn this year's event into a personal political rally.June 6, 2019
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