Read the thesis statement from an argumentative essay about former US president Richard Nixon. President Nixon disgraced the US presidency through his involvement in the Watergate Scandal. This marks him as history’s worst president.

Which of the following is a counterclaim that the essay’s writer might address?
It was under Nixon’s leadership that the Vietnam War ended.
Nixon was the thirty-seventh president of the United States.
Nixon resigned the presidency because he was about to be impeached.
The Watergate Scandal created a strong national distrust of the government.