Trump is not going to like what Newt just told the Washington post, but Newt is exactly right:
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump’s most loyal defenders, warned that his friend was in danger of throwing away the election and helping to make Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton president unless he quickly changes course.
“The current race is which of these two is the more unacceptable, because right now neither of them is acceptable,” Gingrich said in a Wednesday morning telephone interview. “Trump is helping her to win by proving he is more unacceptable than she is.”
Gingrich said Trump has only a matter of weeks to reverse course. “Anybody who is horrified by Hillary should hope that Trump will take a deep breath and learn some new skills,” he said. “He cannot win the presidency operating the way he is now. She can’t be bad enough to elect him if he’s determined to make this many mistakes.”
I wonder if Trump will throw Newt under the bus today at his 3pm rally. MUST WATCH!
Also here’s more on the ‘intervention’:
Reports that senior Republicans were planning an intervention by Gingrich, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and other Trump loyalists to try to settle the candidate were dismissed by campaign chairman Paul Manafort. He told Fox News, “This is the first I’m hearing about that.” He said the campaign is “focused,” in “very good shape” and “moving forward.”
Still, one GOP strategist familiar with the discussions underway suggested a more informal meeting might occur, if not with outsiders then with members of Trump’s family, who have exerted the most influence on him at past moments of crisis.
“I think there’s a lot of people talking about who they would get together. But it hasn’t happened yet,” said the strategist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the confidential discussions.
Bret Baier says Fox News has confirmed that this intervention rumor is true:
This is a detailed piece – the intervention part of this has now been confirmed by @FoxNews — https://t.co/y7JXGkZObI
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) August 3, 2016
Yeah, good luck with that intervention thing.