{"id":1459992,"date":"2022-05-02T08:31:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459992"},"modified":"2022-05-02T08:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:31:55","slug":"newt-gingrich-predicts-gop-can-win-record-70-house-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-predicts-gop-can-win-record-70-house-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich Predicts GOP Can Win Record 70 House Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewt-gingrich-predicts-gop-can-win-record-70-house-seats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> is forecasting what could be a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/democrats-hope-to-message-their-way-out-of-a-midterm-election-loss\">historic red wave<\/a> this November.<\/p>\n<p>The former House speaker predicts Republicans could pick up as many as 70 seats in the House in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/midterms-2022\">midterm elections<\/a>, as well as four in the Senate, returning control of both chambers of Congress to the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we\u2019ll pick up between 25 and 70 seats in the House. We&#8217;ll probably pick up about four seats in the Senate,&#8221; Gingrich told Maria Bartiromo on her Fox News show <i>Sunday Morning Futures<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>In the House, that would top the 63-seat gain by Republicans in 2010, the height of the Tea Party movement and the highest gain for both parties since 1948, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/washington-secrets\/historic-pro-gop-voting-gap-revealed-potential-70-seat-pickup\">notes the <\/a><i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/washington-secrets\/historic-pro-gop-voting-gap-revealed-potential-70-seat-pickup\">Washington Examiner&#8217;s<\/a><\/i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/washington-secrets\/historic-pro-gop-voting-gap-revealed-potential-70-seat-pickup\"> Paul Bedard<\/a>. Democrats currently have <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/pressgallery.house.gov\/member-data\/party-breakdown\">a dozen more seats<\/a> in the House than the Republicans. In the Senate, Democrats and two independents have control, with Vice President Kamala Harris as a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former NFL player Herschel Walker, who is running for Senate in Georgia, where Gingrich used to be a congressman, was one GOP candidate he highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that people like Herschel Walker are going to do very, very well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of a towering &#8220;tsunami&#8221; and improved support among Hispanics, Gingrich also argued Democratic candidates who reside in districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020 by double-digit margins are in jeopardy. &#8220;In addition, I would say that if you\u2019re in a district that Biden carried by less than 15 or 20 points, you\u2019re in great danger as a Democrat,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Gingrich also predicted Rep. Kevin McCarthy, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/pelosi-jabs-at-mccarthy-as-inconsistent-following-leaked-tapes\">who is facing a leaked tape controversy<\/a>, will go on to be House speaker. &#8220;I think he will do an amazingly good job,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newt Gingrich is forecasting what could be a historic red wave this November. 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