Republicans have a lot of feelings about Nancy Pelosi ripping up Trump's speech

Newt Gingrich.
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Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich was one of several Republicans who denounced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for ripping up a copy of President Trump's State of the Union address.

"As speaker of the House for four State of the Unions by a president of the other party, I am disgusted and insulted by the viciously partisan action of Nancy Pelosi tearing up the speech," Gingrich tweeted. "She isn't clever or cute, her childishness insults our American traditions — should be censured." In 1997, Gingrich — who is remembered for turning "partisan battles into bloodsport" — became the first speaker to ever be punished by the House for ethics violations. He stepped down in 1998 as rumors of infidelity, later proven to be true, swirled.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.