Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

Market Watch reports: With President Donald Trump blasting reports that he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice, Trump ally and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said any charge wouldn’t stick for one simple reason. “Technically, the president of the United States cannot obstruct justice,” Gingrich said Friday during an event at the National Press Club. “The president of …

The Hill reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) questioned early Monday special counsel Robert Mueller’s ability to remain fair and impartial in his investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Gingrich, an informal adviser to the president, also voiced his concerns about Mueller on Sunday. He accused former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday of manipulating the …

And of course, Hannity agrees. The Hill reports: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich is urging President Trump to follow through on his threat to cancel daily White House press briefings, accusing news media of being “dishonest opponents” of the president. “What they ought to do is get out of all this junk, they ought to focus on the big goals, they …

The Hill reports: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday slammed Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) for his emotional reaction at a press conference following President Trump’s executive order on immigration. “It really bothered me that Chuck Schumer could bring up a few tears for people that are not being killed, not being shot, not being imprisoned, they are simply …

“I’d allow one-fourth or one half of the people at the press conference to be citizens. Why is there this presumption that somebody who calls themselves the press even though they’re total left-wing propagandists, they’re somehow privileged creatures? The question is, should people be allowed to ask questions of the White House? Why does that have to be only the …

Politico reports: President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington of corruption, but now that he’s preparing to move into the White House, Newt Gingrich said the Manhattan billionaire is looking to distance himself from that message. “I’m told he now just disclaims that. He now says it was cute, but he doesn’t want to …

Via Right Wing Watch: Today at the Heritage Foundation, Newt Gingrich delivered a speech on “Trumpism” in which he lavished praise on President-elect Donald Trump and promoted his new ebook on Trump’s campaign while skewering the pontificating elites of the establishment, of which the former speaker of the House is certainly not a member. “Donald Trump is the grizzly bear …

The Hill reports: Donald Trump’s supporters would be “enormously disappointed” if the president-elect nominates Mitt Romney to be secretary of State, Newt Gingrich said Sunday. Romney is reportedly at the top of the list to be the nation’s top diplomat in the new administration, but he was highly critical of Trump’s campaign, once calling him a “fraud” and a “con …

From World Net Daily: In his blockbuster new book, “Scorched Earth: Restoring The Country After Obama,” Savage calls for nothing less than the restoration of the House Un-American Activities Committee. “I know what’s going to happen: the left will go insane,” he writes. ‘They’ll say, ‘You’re violating our civil rights.’ They’ll say, ‘You do not have probable cause to bring …

Via Politico: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said efforts to pin anti-Semitic and sexist headlines from Breitbart news to Steve Bannon, the site’s former executive and incoming White House chief strategist, are “baloney.” In fact, Gingrich said during a Monday morning interview on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends,” the controversy stirred up by Bannon’s appointment to such a high-level White …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump’s cabinet-in-waiting is taking shape in the final days of the race, as aides eye a number of Trump loyalists for major posts should he win on Tuesday. Among the names being considered, according to conversations with three campaign advisers who requested anonymity to speak freely: Rudy Giuliani for attorney general, Newt Gingrich for secretary of …

The Hill reports: Two of the women accusing former President Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct ripped into Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after an explosive interview in which Kelly faced off with Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, a former House Speaker and Donald Trump surrogate, accused Kelly of being “fascinated with sex” after she asked about the women who have accused the …

Via BBC reports: Newt Gingrich has accused TV anchor Megyn Kelly of being “fascinated” with sex and not caring about public policy in a bizarre live interview. The Republican claimed she showed “bias” for mentioning the groping allegations against Donald Trump. Ms Kelly retorted she was not fascinated by sex but by who was going to be in the White …

ABC News reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stood by Republican nominee Donald Trump’s claim that the election is being “rigged,” blaming what he calls “the unending one-sided assault of the news media” on the GOP candidate. “Without the unending one-sided assault of the news media, Trump would be beating Hillary Clinton by 15 points,” Gingrich told ABC News’ Martha …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: The American Renewal Project, an effort organized by Christian nationalist and Religious Right political operative David Lane to encourage pastors to run for office and to mobilize their congregations to get involved in politics, posted a video yesterday featuring Newt Gingrich telling pastors that they have a duty to fight back against “those …

Politico reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed up Donald Trump’s weight-based attacks against a former pageant winner, telling an audience Wednesday night that “you’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe.” The woman in question is former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who was thrust into the spotlight of the presidential election at Monday …

The Log Cabin Republicans this week announced that Newt Gingrich will headline their fundraiser next month in Washington DC. Gingrich, as most of you surely know, has long been a loud opponent of LGBT rights in virtually every category. He pledged to reinstate DADT if elected president. He signed NOM’s hate pledge to support a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex …

The Huffington Post reports: Newt Gingrich apparently has no plans to pay back dozens of small businesses that made yard signs and TV ads for his 2012 presidential campaign. Gingrich filed a document with the Federal Election Commission this week detailing a debt settlement plan to finally terminate his 2012 presidential campaign committee. The document shows that “Newt 2012” plans …

Last night Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox News to back Donald Trump’s claim that the November election will be “rigged.” According to Gingrich, the “Democratic machine” has a long tradition of stealing elections. Watch below. Gingrich: “What really matters is for Republicans to recognize that and organize enough poll watchers and recruit enough attorneys and not allow that to happen.”

The Chicago Tribune recaps: Putting his own spin on what just happened in Cleveland, Oliver opened by calling it a “3D IMAX (Expletive) Dumpster Fire.” And then the show did one of its trademark extended segments on the Republican convention, which was exactly the thing every “LWT” fan wanted to see. You’ll probably see headlines for it Monday like, “Watch …