Speaking to The Washington Post on Friday, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called the Department of Veterans Affairs “a disgrace.” He cited people who deleted V.A. reservations in California, possibly causing veterans to suffer severe health consequences, as a part of the problem. “It is embarrassing that the senior veterans’ organizations endorse the current Secretary because he has failed totally to clean it up,” Gingrich said. “And they did it because they’d prefer the current status where they have access to the V.A. offices and they have access, rather than make sure that veterans are taken care of.”