Who gave the 'Checkers Speech' ? Bonus points for why it's called the Checker Speech.

Nixon campaigned hard for the ticket, but six weeks before the election, a bombshell dropped—an illegal secret political fund of Nixon's was discovered and publicized. His own friends counseled him to withdraw from the ticket. Instead, Nixon went on television, where he delivered a speech about receiving not bribes or money, but a little dog that his six-year-old daughter named Checkers! Hamming it up for the cameras, Nixon told the American people that no matter what happened, he promised his daughter Tricia that they could keep Checkers. The positive response of the American public to the "Checkers Speech" convinced Eisenhower to keep Nixon on the ticket. Ike and Nixon won the 1952 election in a massive landslide.

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