Newt Gingrich is out for blood. He's claiming the POTUS* has broken his oath of office because he is failing to uphold the law of the land. To review, the DOJ** recently decided not to defend DOMA*** from Constitutional challenges. To be clear, the DOJ did not say they wouldn't ENFORCE the law just that they would not DEFEND the constitutionality... But now Gingrich, who frequently campaigned on family values issues, divorced his second wife, Marianne, in 2000 after his attorneys acknowledged Gingrich’s relationship with his current wife, Callista Bisek, a former congressional aide more than 20 years younger than he is.
His first marriage, to his former high school geometry teacher, Jackie Battley, ended in divorce in 1981. Although Gingrich has said he doesn’t remember it, Battley has said Gingrich discussed divorce terms with her while she was recuperating in the hospital from cancer surgery. Gingrich married Marianne months after the divorce. Gingrich also acknowledged cheating on Ginther, the woman he married after abandoning his cancer ridden wife, while leading the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton for allegations of perjury involving the Paula Jones sexual harassment civil case and the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
I hope Gingrich does get the GOP nomination for president... It should be interesting.
*POTUS President of the United States
** DOJ Department of Justice
*** DOMA Defense of Marriage Act
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