Gingrich Rips House GOP On Shutdown: “Sort Of Nuts”

The Washington Post reports:

“I frankly don’t understand it — I think it’s sort of nuts. There are times people vote yes one day, and then they come back and vote no the next day, and can’t explain why they switched,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a McCarthy ally.

Gingrich led House Republicans through two different shutdowns nearly 30 years ago, a brief one in late 1995 and a longer one weeks later.

“I find it hard to understand what they want, too, because they change constantly — that’s a big part of the problem.” Asked if he has a hard time tracking the insurgents’ demands of McCarthy, Gingrich said yes, adding, “So do they.”

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Makes you wonder: what does every government shutdown in the last 30 years have in common? https://t.co/sSZYRU7O4H pic.twitter.com/AqorKmJpt1

— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) September 27, 2023

Newt to ⁦@JStein_WaPo on the ‘first-ever shutdown about nothing’⁩: “I frankly don’t understand it — I think it’s sort of nuts. There are times people vote yes one day, & then they come back & vote no the next day, & can’t explain why they switched.” https://t.co/8j67L8cN7j

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) September 29, 2023