Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said president Biden’s effort to vilify Republicans ahead of this week’s midterm elections appears to have worked. “I was surprised because I though with inflation, with the crime rate we have seen … I thought all those things would have made for a very big Republican night,” Gingrich said Wednesday morning during an appearance on Fox News. “And I have to say, as much as I think it was despicable, the Biden strategy of demonizing Republicans … I think did have an impact and will become a definition of the democratic party.”