{"id":2042630,"date":"2023-09-23T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-slams-republicans-holding-spending-bills-hurting-gop-and-country\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T17:58:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:58:33","slug":"former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-slams-republicans-holding-spending-bills-hurting-gop-and-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-slams-republicans-holding-spending-bills-hurting-gop-and-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-House Speaker Gingrich criticizes GOP&#8217;s spending bill stance, harming party and nation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fformer-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-slams-republicans-holding-spending-bills-hurting-gop-and-country%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=2042630&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--><h2>Newt Gingrich \u2062Slams Republicans for Playing Games with Spending Bills<\/h2>\n<p>Former House Speaker\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/newt-gingrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> didn&#8217;t hold back in\u2063 his criticism of Republican House \u200cmembers who are obstructing the passage of spending bills to keep the U.S. government running. He\u200d argued that their actions \u2063are not only detrimental to \u2063the party but also to the country as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich expressed his concerns during a compelling interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News. The discussion revolved around \u2064the urgent need to pass these crucial bills.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200c Gingrich, House Speaker Kevin\u2063 McCarthy (R-CA) finds himself in a difficult position due to Senate Republicans who want to increase spending, a president who is pushing for trillions more, and House Democrats who refuse to compromise on \u200bany issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is you got to pass a rule to get it to the floor,\u201d Gingrich explained. \u201cTwice now, different Republicans have decided to stop\u200c the bill from going to the floor. Why?\u200b Because each one has their \u200bown particular need, or their own particular fixation. Now, there are one or two, like Congressman\u2062 Gaetz, who I\u2062 think is frankly deranged,\u200d who\u200c you\u2019re never gonna get. He hates Kevin, he\u2019s not going\u2062 to \u2063vote for\u2063 Speaker McCarthy. He openly says he wants to get rid of him, which is \u2064his prerogative. \u200bBut that\u2062 means one less vote that \u200dKevin has in order to get\u200d things done. \u2062The others, I think, are playing a game that could blow up on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gingrich emphasized the urgency of the situation, warning that \u200bif House Republicans fail to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-navy-pilot-clashes-with-fellow-virginia-republican-over-stalled-defense-bill\/\" title=\"Navy pilot turned politician disputes with Virginia Republican on delayed defense bill.\">find\u2064 common ground<\/a>\u2064 and pass these bills, they will inevitably be forced\u200c into a coalition with Democrats who advocate for more radical policies and increased \u200dspending.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, either the\u2063 House Republicans find a way to talk with themselves,\u200c get this sorted out, and pass these things, or you\u2019re inevitably going \u2064to have some coalition with the\u200d Democrats with bigger spending further\u200b to the left, more radical policies,\u201d he continued. \u201cI mean, the world\u2019s not going to end, though \u200csomebody somewhere is \u200dgoing to find a\u200b solution. And I think, too,\u2062 for example, I think Speaker McCarthy\u200d yesterday, thought they had the votes, they walked onto the floor. Three members\u2063 switched who had voted yes the day before, now voted no. I mean this is the sort of \u2064stuff when I was Speaker that would have driven me nuts. Luckily, \u2063I had a bigger margin. I think it\u2019s very hard to see right now how this is going to \u200bwork out; I\u2063 think it will work \u2063out. But it\u2019s\u200d a\u2063 little hard to see how \u2062it\u2019s gonna \u2062work out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, Gingrich took a swipe at the House Freedom\u2064 Caucus, accusing them of \u2063&#8221;cheerfully screwing things up&#8221; and predicting that they would eventually \u200dconcede victory to more moderate Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a number of members from districts that Joe\u2062 Biden carried by a good margin, those members can\u200d decide in the end,\u2062 they don\u2019t\u2062 want the government to close, they\u2019re not gonna get punished back home,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey\u2019re not gonna \u2064get beaten in a primary, because\u2064 they\u2019re in\u200c districts where people are gonna say, \u2018Yeah, that\u2019s a smart thing to do.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich didn&#8217;t mince his words \u200bwhen he criticized some House Republicans, suggesting that\u200b their strategic abilities were severely lacking.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say \u200cthe \u2063members who are capriciously switching around and playing games aren\u2019t just hurting the Republican Party, they\u2019re hurting the country,\u201d he concluded. \u201cWe need, because they\u2019re taking the focus off of Biden, this gives the news media a chance to talk about House\u200c Republicans not able to do things, rather than talk about \u200ball the things that the three committees are finding, or in\u200c a positive way, talk about \u200bJody Arrington,\u2063 and the 20 Republicans who just passed out a balanced budget for the first time \u2062since I was Speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slams Republicans who are \u200bholding up spending \u200cbills that threaten to shut down the U.S.\u2062 government: \u201cthe members \u2064who are capriciously, switching around and \u2062playing games aren&#8217;t just hurting the Republican Party, they&#8217;re hurting the \u200ccountry.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ewmBLXatlJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ewmBLXatlJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bJason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1705683480859033935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>&#8211; How \u200ddoes Gingrich argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-slams-republicans-holding-spending-bills-hurting-gop-and-country\/\" title=\"Ex-House Speaker Gingrich criticizes GOP's spending bill stance, harming party and nation.\">obstructionist\u200c tactics negatively impact<\/a> the Republican Party as a whole?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Stressed the negative impact that these\u200d obstructionist tactics have on the Republican Party as \u200ca whole. He argued that such actions only serve to further divide the \u200dparty and hamper their ability \u200bto effectively govern and\u200b enact their legislative agenda.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a\u2062 mistake for Republicans to do this,\u201d Gingrich remarked. \u200b\u201cFirst of \u2064all, I think it helps the Democrats consolidate \u200ctheir power, because they\u2019re\u200b one \u2063big happy \u2064family. \u200cThe Republicans, by doing this, create a dynamic which \u2013\u200c I\u2019m amazed quite frankly that Speaker \u2062McCarthy has allowed this \u2064to happen. Having three members switch not once, \u200bbut twice, and then have\u200c a rules committee have trouble getting a rule for a bill on the floor? I think this is fixing to create \u2062a much deeper understanding \u2063about the Republican Party than \u2062anybody wrote \u200dabout a week ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Gingrich offered a solution\u2064 to this current \u2063impasse. He suggested that House Republicans need to\u2062 have a serious conversation within their party, air their grievances, and come to a consensus on the key issues at hand.\u2064 Gingrich stressed the importance of focusing on their common goals and\u2064 finding a way to advance their \u200cagenda while\u200d keeping their party united.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think you gotta remember this is the same team,\u201d \u2062Gingrich concluded. \u201cGoing\u2063 to war\u200d against each other is crazy. \u2064And it\u2019s\u2062 not where \u2062we are. When\u2064 we\u2062 went into \u201894,\u2062 we had a vision for a Republican Party; we had a vision for the country. We \u200cdidn\u2019t worry about being pure, we worried about winning.\u200c I think they need to go back to \u200bworrying about \u2062winning. I think they need to spend more time going over the big picture, the dangers of inflation, the dangers of economic\u200b decline. Everybody on\u2064 the Republican side\u2019s at risk \u2062if we have a \u2064deep decline in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, Gingrich&#8217;s remarks highlight the growing concern within the Republican \u200bParty over the\u200d obstructionist tactics employed by \u200bcertain House members \u200bin regards to\u200c spending bills. He emphasizes the urgent need for Republicans to come together, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/md-gov-hogan-urges-biden-lawmakers-to-work-together-on-covid-19-relief-legislation\/\" title=\"Md. Gov. Hogan urges Biden, lawmakers to work together on COVID-19 relief legislation\">find common ground<\/a>, \u200band pass these necessary bills to keep the government\u2064 running smoothly. Failure to \u200ddo so, he warns, will only result in further division within the party and potential\u200b alliances\u2062 with Democrats who advocate\u200c for more radical and costly policies. It is crucial for\u2062 Republicans to prioritize their \u200dcommon goals and focus\u200c on \u2062winning for the \u200bsake of the country&#8217;s future prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized Republican House members for obstructing the passage of spending bills to maintain the functioning of the U.S. government. He argued that their actions were detrimental to both the party and the nation, accusing them of engaging in political games. Gingrich expressed these views in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, where they discussed the pending bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2042631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2042631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}