JD Vance managed to raise eyeballs on Thursday with some comments he made about a president considered to be one of the most corrupt of all time.

During a speech at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California, Vance admitted being “fascinated by Nixon as a character in history,” and suggested his presidency, which ended in disgrace with his 1974 resignation, might be “enjoying a bit of a renaissance,” ― and added, “deservedly so.”

The vice president also suggested if the Watergate scandal that led to the end of Nixon’s presidency happened tomorrow, “It would be like a 12-hour news story.”

He added, “The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy.”

“If you look at the story of how the deep state took down Richard Nixon, it’s not all that different from what the same groups of people, the same institutions tried to do to Donald Trump in the first Trump administration,” he said.

Vance also suggested he had similarities to the man once known as “Tricky Dick.”

“Young senator, vice president, writes some bestselling books, is hated by the media,” he said. “It kind of sounds like JD Vance. I’ve always liked Richard Nixon.”

Many people on social media took a dim view of Vance’s love for Nixon since it basically reminded people of the Trump administration’s many scandals during both terms in office.

CORRECTION: This article was updated to correct details about Richard Nixon’s resignation.