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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:08 AM Dec 2018

Newt Gingrich Goes on a Tear Against Mueller: 'Actively Trying to Destroy' Trump

Newt Gingrich appeared with Sean Hannity tonight and went on a tear against special counsel Robert Mueller for, as he put it, trying to “destroy” President Donald Trump. Both Hannity and Gingrich were set off by the Michael Flynn sentencing memo that became public last night. Hannity repeatedly expressed how offended he is that Mueller is going after someone with Flynn’s record for a “process crime.”

Gingrich told him, “Mueller is not involved in a investigation. Mueller has a Trump destruction project. He brought on a team, all of them dedicated to destroying Trump. They have done everything they could to destroy Trump.”

He remarked that the Mueller investigation will be looked back on by historians as “one of the most extraordinary efforts to undo the will of the American people by an established bureaucracy and its establishment friends that we’ve seen in all of American history.”

After Hannity brought up a piece by The Hill’s John Solomon on an FBI email chain reportedly showing FISA abuse, Gingrich said, “You had the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation actively trying to destroy a presidential candidate. You have the former head of the FBI, Bob Mueller, actively trying to destroy the President of the United States. And I know it’s frustrating but the fact is, this is a clear cut drama. They hate him, they want to destroy him, it has nothing to do with the truth and nothing to do with the law.”

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Newt Gingrich Goes on a Tear Against Mueller: 'Actively Trying to Destroy' Trump (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2018 OP
FU newt mikeysnot Dec 2018 #1
Give it a rest, Newt.... Don't you have a wife to cheat on? Raster Dec 2018 #2
Trump's people must be coercing Gingrich to fight for him, threatening to blackmail him. Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #3
Newt is just another Trump gasbag EricMaundry Dec 2018 #4
Newt who? Soxfan58 Dec 2018 #5
The Pied Piper of personal responsibility says what? Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #6
too bad Newtie treestar Dec 2018 #7
it's truly amazing how this douchebag still gets on tv shows to spew.... Javaman Dec 2018 #8
Hypocrisy knows no bounds with Gringrich Captain_New_York Dec 2018 #9
He Hasn't Described The Downside ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #10
Newt WHO? nt Atticus Dec 2018 #11
That's what you do with criminals C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #12
Here was old Newter just last year NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #13
Cry baby. Nt BootinUp Dec 2018 #14

Judi Lynn

(160,524 posts)
3. Trump's people must be coercing Gingrich to fight for him, threatening to blackmail him.
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:15 AM
Dec 2018

He does, after all, have an atrocious reputation with just the superficial things the public has heard about him. Undoubtedly he's got history far worse, even.

He would be eminently blackmail-able, no doubt.

That he would speak out now, when the situation is so wildly clear, indicates he's completely irrational, or is being forced to do it.

He has been a dirty pig, however, since the Clinton days, when he was conducting a hideous personal life, while savaging Bill Clinton for his relationship with Monica.

What a pervert. Only Trump lovers would even consider listening to him.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
6. The Pied Piper of personal responsibility says what?
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:26 AM
Dec 2018

Newsflash Newt, Trump brought all of this on himself.

Javaman

(62,521 posts)
8. it's truly amazing how this douchebag still gets on tv shows to spew....
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:31 AM
Dec 2018

The poor showing by Republicans in the 1998 Congressional elections, a reprimand from the House for Gingrich's ethics violation, pressure from Republican colleagues, and revelations of an extramarital affair with a congressional employee 23 years his junior resulted in Gingrich's resignation from the speakership on November 6, 1998.[4][5] He resigned altogether from the House on January 3, 1999.

Political scientists have widely credited Gingrich with playing a key role in undermining democratic norms in the United States, and hastening political polarization and partisan prejudice.[6][7][8][9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich

Captain_New_York

(161 posts)
9. Hypocrisy knows no bounds with Gringrich
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:32 AM
Dec 2018

Is this the guy who was stepping out with his 20 something Jr Staffer 23 years younger ( younger than his first daughter and the same age as his second daughter from wife #1) while leading the charge against Bill Clinton’s own affair. The now third wife representing the US to the Pope at the Vatican. As a Catholic this is disgusting.

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
10. He Hasn't Described The Downside
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:33 AM
Dec 2018

And, i don't think he knows what "will of the people" means. Around 10 million more people voted for anybody else except him.

10 million is a big delta between the votes one got and the votes one did not.

Oh, and Newt is a moron.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
13. Here was old Newter just last year
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 10:35 AM
Dec 2018

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Robert Mueller is superb choice to be special counsel. His reputation is impeccable for honesty and integrity. Media should now calm down

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