Newt Gingrich
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So the intensity of the hard left, which is doubling and tripling down, is growing, while the people in the middle who know that this is not going to work are finding themselves squeezed by the reality that the energy and the money and the drive and the Democratic Party is all on the hard left, and that if you try to be rational and moderate, you're almost certainly going to risk a primary election.
So the intensity of the hard left, which is doubling and tripling down, is growing, while the people in the middle who know that this is not going to work are finding themselves squeezed by the reality that the energy and the money and the drive and the Democratic Party is all on the hard left, and that if you try to be rational and moderate, you're almost certainly going to risk a primary election.
and may well get defeated in the primary because you'll be seen as a sellout. That's exactly what happened to the Republicans under Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. And that's part of why the New Deal became the dominant coalition for 90 years, because the Republicans just shattered and couldn't figure out what to do.
and may well get defeated in the primary because you'll be seen as a sellout. That's exactly what happened to the Republicans under Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. And that's part of why the New Deal became the dominant coalition for 90 years, because the Republicans just shattered and couldn't figure out what to do.
And Trump has done everything right to be a coalition builder in the tradition of Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt. to both deliver things people want and to define his opponents and to set up the kind of fights where his opponents rush in to just be mildly crazy.
And Trump has done everything right to be a coalition builder in the tradition of Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt. to both deliver things people want and to define his opponents and to set up the kind of fights where his opponents rush in to just be mildly crazy.
And he started to mention the woman who I hope they're going to censure this week because as a congresswoman, she has said things that areβ Jasmine Davy Crockett, yep, that's right. Oh, yeah. I mean, the things she's been saying are so vicious.
And he started to mention the woman who I hope they're going to censure this week because as a congresswoman, she has said things that areβ Jasmine Davy Crockett, yep, that's right. Oh, yeah. I mean, the things she's been saying are so vicious.
And we do have this problem right now that you have a very substantial militant group on the left who are willing to burn cars, firebomb dealerships, talk about getting Elon Musk, talk about other kinds of things that involve violence. I mean, the real threat to violence in America right now is from a bitter left-wing extremist who just can't cope with what's happening.
And we do have this problem right now that you have a very substantial militant group on the left who are willing to burn cars, firebomb dealerships, talk about getting Elon Musk, talk about other kinds of things that involve violence. I mean, the real threat to violence in America right now is from a bitter left-wing extremist who just can't cope with what's happening.
Well, listen, the biggest project we've got is the America's New Majority Project, which they can see at that title. And then I have a new book coming out this summer called Trump's Triumph, which lays out both how he won, but also what it means for the future of America and the great things we can accomplish. And as always, Charlie, it's great to be with you.
Well, listen, the biggest project we've got is the America's New Majority Project, which they can see at that title. And then I have a new book coming out this summer called Trump's Triumph, which lays out both how he won, but also what it means for the future of America and the great things we can accomplish. And as always, Charlie, it's great to be with you.
You were a major factor in the victory last year, and you're going to be a major factor in winning this cultural fight over the future of America.
You were a major factor in the victory last year, and you're going to be a major factor in winning this cultural fight over the future of America.
It would change America, and then that will change the world.
It would change America, and then that will change the world.
Well, you know, Callista and I did a documentary that was on PBS called Journey to America. And we took nine people who came here legally and who made America a better country. Because we want to make the point that while we're against illegal immigration, that legal immigration often makes America stronger.
Well, you know, Callista and I did a documentary that was on PBS called Journey to America. And we took nine people who came here legally and who made America a better country. Because we want to make the point that while we're against illegal immigration, that legal immigration often makes America stronger.
I think everybody I talk to who's a legal immigrant is really angry at the idea that people just plain broke the law. They didn't wait in line. They didn't obey the rules. They are, in effect, in their minds, illegitimate. And they don't want that rewarded.
I think everybody I talk to who's a legal immigrant is really angry at the idea that people just plain broke the law. They didn't wait in line. They didn't obey the rules. They are, in effect, in their minds, illegitimate. And they don't want that rewarded.