Posted on 10/06/2019 4:05:42 PM PDT by jazusamo
NAGOYA, Japan — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who led the last impeachment of a president, said President Trump can help himself by taming his frustration over the Democrats’ partisan inquiry and staying focused on highlighting his economic achievements for middle-class voters.
Mr. Gingrich points to the example of former President Bill Clinton, the man he helped impeach in 1998, as someone who successfully navigated that difficult path.
“Go back and look at Clinton — he compartmentalized,” Mr. Gingrich said in an exclusive interview. “Clinton was very disciplined about saying, ‘I’m working on the American people’s problems, and I’m not going to talk about that [impeachment].’”
Mr. Gingrich, who has offered advice to Mr. Trump since House Democrats announced the formal impeachment inquiry, said the president “just needs to realize he doesn’t necessarily help his case when he stays on this topic.”
“My advice would be to relax — understand, you’re going to lose [in the House],” Mr. Gingrich said. “I don’t worry at all about Trump getting convicted [in the Republican-majority Senate].”
Mr. Trump spent much of the weekend tweeting his criticism of what he calls the latest Democratic “witch hunt” — the impeachment inquiry focusing on his efforts to persuade Ukraine’s president to investigate Democratic presidential front-runner Joseph R. Biden. He also engaged in a feud with Sen. Mitt Romney, Utah Republican, who has criticized the president’s actions.
“Not only are the Do Nothing Democrats interfering in the 2020 Election, but they are continuing to interfere in the 2016 Election. They must be stopped!” the president tweeted.
The former speaker sat down with The Washington Times to discuss impeachment during a leadership summit in Japan sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation, at which he delivered a keynote address. Mr. Gingrich said the president is understandably resentful...
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-PJ
Yeah, tamed anger, like Newt's tantrum when Clinton wouldn't let him ride on AF1. Good call, Newt.
Honest, THAT IS what I was thinking in my head.
He doesn’t need my political consultation.
he got this far without me :)
People like Michael Mukasey and Newt could learn a lot from you.
I don’t want him to tame his anger. I want him to let it run wild. Because, if he does, we may wake up one morning and discover that all these rat bastard socialists have been disappeared. It would be the greatest gift any president has ever given to the American people.
That was then; this is now. Whole different ballgame.
If Trump didn't know what he was doing, he would have been gone before his inauguration.
I'm optimistic.
Newt is an inconsistent A$$wipe!
This guy cannot be counted on for any long-term support. One day he’s all in, the next day, not so much! This creep should never be considered for any type of cabinet position!
This is the same idiot who sat on a couch with Pelosi to talk about Globull Warming!
Just STFU Newt!
I love Newt, BUT he let the Dems run him out of the speakership. Newt got George W Bush disease or the other way around, chicken/egg, anyway Trump is a FIGHTER! He is FIGHTING BACK, not laying down like you and W did.
Let TRUMP be TRUMP. We wouldn’t want it any other way.
The situations are apples and oranges but we’re certainly getting the government we deserve.
Hey Newt, we still want those term limits.
Remember?
The guy has poor judgement, he had to step down from Speaker because he could not control his little Newtie.
Agreed. The moderate republicans will only support POTUS if the people make it loud and clear that they are standing by him. Stay the course President Trump. The elected officials do not fear poor press. They fear overwhelming public support for our POTUS and loss of their livelihood.
Newt is too polite for this kind of battle against evil - not willing to get into “the mud and the blood and the beer” where the actual fighting is taking place.
“Go sit on a couch with Nanzi, Newt.”
I haven’t seen that photo in a long time. They certainly looked chummy.
Thanks very much for the invitation.
I’ll check it out.
Good point! The creatures are generally dumbfounded!
Let Trump be Trump. Let the Dems have a farce impeachment and lose the house.
Newt son. What is on display by the President is gile, not Anger.
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