ST. LOUIS (MO)
Berger’s Beat
. .Small victory for Barbara Dorris and David Clohessy of SNAP that new House Speaker Paul Ryan’s first day on the job, in response to the group’s prodding, Ryan quietly removed the portrait of ex-Speaker Dennis Hastert taken down. Hastert pled guilty to financial misdeeds stemming from alleged child sex crimes he reportedly committed years earlier. For months, SNAP argued that honoring Hastert was hurtful to victims of sexual violence. .
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