Jonah Goldberg: Joe Biden’s age poses a big issue he can’t get around
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Sep 05, 2023
3 minutes
In December 1998, Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican of Louisiana, was set to succeed Rep. Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Gingrich had announced his resignation from Congress and the speakership in the wake of a disastrous midterm election for Republicans as well as revelations that he’d been having an affair with a House staffer who was more than two decades younger.
This was a problem for the Republicans given the impeachment of then-President Clinton over matters stemming. The last thing Democrats wanted was for an adulterous politician to resign in contrition rather than put his party, his country, and his family through more needless drama.
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