Gingrich blasts Trump's 'very self-destructive' behavior

Politico ^ | August 3, 2016 | Nick Gass

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Donald Trump's behavior over the last week has been "very self-destructive" to his campaign, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday, comparing the Republican nominee to a Hall of Fame quarterback who is in the midst of an interception-throwing slump.

"Trump is still behaving like as though it was the primaries and there were 17 candidates. He has not made the transition to being the potential president of the United States, which is a much tougher league," Gingrich said in an interview with Fox Business' "Mornings with Maria." "People are going to watch you every single day. They’re going to take everything they can out of context, and he is not yet performing at the level that you need to."

Gingrich remarked that Trump's performance recalled quarterback Joe Montana's "stretch during his career where he kept throwing interceptions; and for about half a season, it looked like he wasn’t Joe Montana anymore."

"And then he figured out what he was doing, and he changed. Trump, Trump is in that kind of a slump," said Gingrich, a Trump supporter who was under final consideration for the vice presidential slot before Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was chosen.

"It’s like watching a team go out on the field, throw an interception on the first play and go back off the field again," Gingrich continued, alluding to a host of recent comments and battles Trump has waged over the course of the last week, including sparring with the family of a fallen U.S. Army captain who spoke out against him at the Democratic convention, refusing to back prominent Republicans like Paul Ryan, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte in their elections, joking about tossing a baby out of his rally on Tuesday and generally responding to any personal attack against him."

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I also know that a lot of them have told me they won’t be voting Republican this year, though. I don’t think you can blame that on the GOPe.

Thank you for your response.

Have you had a chance to ask your many Republican friends why they will not be voting R this year, or have they otherwise explained the basis for their decision?

Is it possible they actually think that H will be better for most of the nation? Or, are they very successful business owners who believe H will be better for their commercial interests?

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My message to DJT:

If you, Mr. Trump, allow yourself to continue to be PULLED
off message by your opponents and tweet yourself into oblivion
you will do, in a BIGGER way, exactly what you accused Mitt Romney of doing.. "choking bigtime."

There is NO way Hillary Clinton can win this election unless,
you Mr. Trump, minimize yourself by focusing on the UNIMPORTANT.
Instead of delivering KNOCKOUT BLOWS you're doing too much trash talking.

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That’s a good point. The problem is the media is the Democrats. I would love to get full statistics on the political leanings of individual members of the media for each news station and big paper. I bet it would be a staggering imbalance.

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Its drives me nuts.I’m hoping Trump will be the one to put the nail in the coffin of the white flag waving Republican.