The Last Three (and a Half) Speakers of the House Have Left Office Involuntarily

If House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) resigns over his mishandling of the Foley sex scandal, he will become the fourth speaker in a row to leave office inauspiciously:

Jim Wright, D-Texas, took the gavel in 1985 and was forced out by a bogus scandal cooked up by GOP Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia and others involving proceeds from a book Wright wrote.
Tom Foley (no relation to Mark), D-Washington, lost the speakership when he failed to be re-elected during the GOP landslide of 1994. (After his loss, voters in his district suffered buyers remorse, saying they assumed their congressman would remain speaker, no matter who he was.)
Newt Gingrich was tossed out by his party after it was revealed that during the time that the GOP was excoriating Pres. Clinton over his affair with a staffer, Speaker Gingrich was … having an affair with a staffer.
Speaker-Designate Bob Livingston, R-Louisiana, was about to pick up the gavel from Gingrich when Larry Flynt let the world know that he had kinky photos of Livingston at orgies. Livingston resigned from Congress and opened a lobbying firm.

Come on, Denny. We’re on a roll here…

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And what about Blunt and Boehner: both as deep in the fat as Denney-boy is in the fire, and both lying there lard asses off?????

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Poetic Justice

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“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.