Posted on 01/03/2025 3:45:04 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) joined Fox News on Friday as the House vote to elect a speaker was underway and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) fell short of his keeping his job on the first ballot.
Gingrich was asked to weigh in on the vote and pulled no punches in slamming the House GOP members who tanked Johnson, “They’re contrarians. And you can’t have a contrarian caucus with a very, very narrow margin.”
“You were kind about my speakership, but I had a much bigger majority. And we had a country which was decisive. Now, the question I’d ask about Norman and Massie, so what’s part two? Well, other than helping Hakeem Jeffries and hurting Donald Trump, what do you think you’re accomplishing?” Gingrich continued, adding:
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I couldn't have said it better.
Let's remember that the Republican Party had its largest House majority of my lifetime after the 2014 election. The party seriously damaged its chances of ever having that advantage again for years with its 2017 tax reform bill that capped state and local tax deductions. By doing that, the GOP effectively surrendered its dominant position in many of this nation's wealthiest suburbs in "blue" states like New York, New Jersey, California, etc.
Lol
That so stupid it hurts. Surrendered their advantage in districts they lost for the last 30-40 years? Those districts turned blue long before 2018
Newt would be a good speaker.
“The majority wouldn’t be so narrow if the RNC had gotten it together and focused on the narrow house races that literally had victories reversed : stolen by the Dems. 😠And as everyone says here, at least the Dems know how to unite and win when it counts.”
The Dems know how to cheat and they had the Old Media and the intelligence agencies on their side.
The Old Media is dying.
The intelligence agencies are about to be reformed.
Just as the Supreme Court imposed itself o integration in society, schools, and bussing, they are going to have to impose the Federal Government on fair and honest elections for citizens only.
This is why RNC leadership is SO SO important moving forward and partially vacant now with the resignation of Lara Trump!
Sure. So he can sit on a couch with Pelosi again and warn us about man made climate change. No thanks. I’ll pass.
House Map after 2014 Election:![]()
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House Map after 2018 Election:
It had nothing to do with your personal little scam being taken away from you
Voters fired the GOP because they did nothing but the taxcuts, they did not do anything to undo Obama care and they allowed the “russia russia russia” scam to go unchecked.
They can fix that THIS time if they actively get busy significantly cube inflation driven by bad Federal spending and energy policy as well as the endless spending on Biden’s wars in the next year. They have to get it done now, not delay delay delay again
If they repeat the same do nothingism of the 2017/18 Romney/Ryan’s Congress they will be fired in by the same voters who voted them in in 11-05-24
They blew the 1995 majority in 30 years. Newt actually started sqishing.
Now the districts are so hard to flip.
Paul Ryan screwd the party in 2018. They literally quit.
The old RINO party is dead...or should be.
Amen
So the Idiot who gave Bill Clinton the dems there fantasy motor Voter law
that they have abused for decades speaks .
He should just go away after that disaster .
Newt is a small slimy little creature that lives on scum on the bottom of a creek.
I am glad Gingrich was never President but appreciate how he has always stuck up for Trump.
That “blue” on your 2018 map in Maine....
The 2nd district congressman, incumbent Bruce Poliquin, had his seat stolen by Rank Choice Voting.
The Republican actually had 2,200 more votes than the RAT, Jaren Golden. Neither candidate had over 50% in the 2018 race, so when the second choices of the two minor candidates were counted, the RAT made it over the finish line.
The majority in my opinion would be much stronger if the electorate would get off their butts and work at the grass root level to rid the GOP of their Uni Party Rino problem.
The Rinos feel safe because for decades its always been the mindset of the voter to claim, “At least they don’t have a D behind their name.” Well they sure do. Its just hidden behind the R.
I think Massie wanted fellow Jew hater Jeffries in.
Well said.
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