The Atlantic’s Michael Sherer on “Washington Week” criticized Vice President J.D. Vance’s recent remarks about Watergate, arguing they show he is “too online” and reflect his political inexperience.

JEFFREY GOLDBERG: Right. I want to get to that in, in a minute. Before we do, I want to talk about J.D. Vance. He’s had an interesting week. Here’s something — just watch this for a second. Here’s something that he said about Richard Nixon just the other day. VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE: I think that his historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, but I think deservedly so. As I joked with Robert backstage, if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12- hour news story, like the idea that it would’ve taken down a presidency is crazy. JEFFREY GOLDBERG: I’m perplexed why someone would — someone who works for Donald Trump say that. Michael, you just broke another story about a corruption-related issue today. What is Vance doing there? MICHAEL SCHERER: I think, I mean, if you talk to White House advisers and other Trump world advisers about Vance, they’ll mention he’s just really green. He hasn’t been in politics very long. He was only just elected to the Senate before he became vice president. He just doesn’t have a lot of experience. And I think he’s too online. I mean, the idea that Republicans defend Nixon is one thing. It’s pretty normal at this point. Trump has been very favorable about Nixon. The idea that the Watergate scandal, which basically destroyed the Republican Party for five years in the 1970s, is somehow something you should embrace now only works on social media. That’s not a political argument. JEFFREY GOLDBERG: Right. And then to say that, oh, compared to what we see today, it’s nothing, it’s like you’re not an online commenter. You’re the vice president of the United States in an administration that you seem to be accusing of committing corruption. I just found this whole week a little bit incoherent for my taste. But we’ll move on from that.

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