Fast forward almost 14 years, and Nixon and Trump can eerily be mentioned in the same breath once again.
Christine Quinn, the former speaker of the New York city council, called Nixon an “unqualified lesbian” – a peculiar brickbat coming from a woman who is herself lesbian.
It is a reasonable wager that Hermès Birkin handbags and Manolo Blahnik heels will not be featuring on the Nixon campaign trail.
Nixon stresses that New York is the single most unequal state in the union, with the top 1% earning 45 times the combined income of the other 99%.