From Watergate to Obamagate: The history of using the term 'gate' for political scandals

With Trump’s consistent talking (and tweeting) about “Obamagate,” Matt Wuerker looks at the history of naming Washington scandals with the suffix -gate.

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[phillipians]

Every democratic president has a gate.

[rileypetrando]

A plot graph would have been the correct choice gate

[LoveAlwaysAlwaysLove]

Alli- gate cuz you said it's a swamp

[robertghorne]

It is what it is. Not smart enough to set up somebody for a fall.now its a different game.

[pawl]

What about Bill Gatesgate. I never believe anything totally from Politico. So funny the obvious bias lololrofl.🙏🙏🙏