Dennis Hastert is a pedophile and the highest-ranking elected official in American history to have served a prison sentence.
Paul Ryan was a so-called deficit hawk who helped Trump double the deficit, from $438 billion to $1 trillion.
Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair with a staffer as he led impeachment over an extramarital affair with a staffer. He’s also the person most responsible for widespread, for-profit Republican climate change denialism.
John Boehner ran the least productive House in history because he and the GOP wanted to damage the legacy of the first black president.
I think it might be fair to say that modern Republican House Speakers don’t have a very good track record!
The House Majority Leader under Dennis Hastert, Tom DeLay, was found guilty of campaign money laundering charges. He had to resign with his hung head in shame. Let’s give GOP leadership a round of applause, everybody. It’s hard work consistently being this terrible.
