[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
The 5 June 2015 edition of NBC Nightly News gave former Democratic Representative Barney Frank a platform to blast his former Republican peers in Congress, as it covered the Dennis Hastert scandal. Frank asserted that the issue is "a reminder of the hypocrisy especially among my Republican colleagues. Dennis Hastert became speaker to preside over the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He then went on, as speaker, to put before the House twice, constitutional amendments that would have banned same-sex marriage."