{"id":2055463,"date":"2023-10-04T15:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gingrich-calls-for-gop-traitors-who-ousted-mccarthy-to-be-driven-out-of-public-life\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:06:36","slug":"watch-gingrich-calls-for-gop-traitors-who-ousted-mccarthy-to-be-driven-out-of-public-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gingrich-calls-for-gop-traitors-who-ousted-mccarthy-to-be-driven-out-of-public-life\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Gingrich Demands Removal of GOP &#8216;Traitors&#8217; Who Ousted McCarthy"},"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\">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%2Fwatch-gingrich-calls-for-gop-traitors-who-ousted-mccarthy-to-be-driven-out-of-public-life%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=2055463&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 Republican &#8220;Traitors&#8221; for Siding \u200bwith Democrats<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former House speaker Newt Gingrich didn&#8217;t hold back in his criticism \u2064of the eight \u200bRepublican representatives who joined forces with Democrats to end Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s \u200bspeakership. According to Gingrich, these \u2062individuals \u200care &#8220;traitors&#8221; \u200dwho should be &#8220;driven\u2063 out of public life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gingrich expressed \u2063his outrage during an interview with Fox News host \u2062Sean Hannity, stating that these anti-McCarthy\u200c members of Congress believed they were morally superior and intellectually pure, leading them to align \u2064with the Democrats \u200din order to defeat the entire Republican\u2063 House caucus. He emphasized that a staggering 96 percent of\u200c the Republican caucus voted for McCarthy, \u2063while only 4 percent voted\u2064 against \u200chim.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From my position as a longtime Republican\u200b activist, they&#8217;re traitors,&#8221; Gingrich continued. &#8220;All eight\u2063 of them should \u200din\u2063 fact \u200bbe primaried. \u2062They should \u200dall be driven \u2064out of public life. What they\u200b did was \u2064to\u200b go\u2064 to \u200cthe other team to cause\u2062 total chaos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich,\u200b who played a pivotal\u200d role \u2063in the Republican \u2064takeover of the House in\u200b 1994,\u200d has\u200b been vocal in \u200dhis \u200ccriticism of the renegade Republicans. In a <em>Washington \u200bPost<\/em> op-ed, he called out the \u200bgroup&#8217;s leader, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.), as &#8220;an \u200banti-Republican who has become actively destructive to the conservative movement.&#8221; Gingrich\u2063 argued that Gaetz should be expelled from the House Republican\u200b Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Other\u2064 Republicans share Gingrich&#8217;s sentiments. Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) and Dusty Johnson (R., S.D.)\u2063 have \u2062also condemned Gaetz&#8217;s\u200d actions, with Johnson accusing him of organizing a &#8220;coup&#8221; alongside &#8220;some of the most\u2062 liberal voices on the Democratic side.&#8221; Rep. Kelly\u2062 Armstrong (R., N.D.)\u2064 even expects a resolution to \u200bexpel Gaetz from the GOP conference.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, McCarthy, who\u200b has announced that he will\u2064 not\u200b seek another term \u200cas speaker, hinted at\u2064 the possibility of \u200dsupporting primary\u2064 challenges against the\u200b eight defectors.\u200d &#8220;I&#8217;m a free agent now, \u2063aren&#8217;t I? I think I&#8217;m pretty good\u2063 at electing people,&#8221; McCarthy told reporters at a press \u200cconference.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Can the Republican Party maintain cohesion and effectively govern in\u2064 the face of continued fractures<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The \u200bgovernment \u200dshutdown. In an interview on\u2063 Fox News, Gingrich\u2064 referred to them as &#8220;traitors&#8221; who betrayed their \u2063party and the American people.<\/p>\n<p>The government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days, was the\u200c longest in U.S. history and\u200d resulted from a \u2064contentious battle over funding for a border wall between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats. Throughout the shutdown, Republicans largely remained unified in their \u2062support for the President&#8217;s demand for wall funding. However, eight Republican \u2064representatives broke ranks and voted alongside Democrats to pass a temporary funding bill without wall funding.<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich, a\u2062 prominent conservative figure,\u2062 expressed his disappointment\u200c and frustration with\u200c these Republicans, \u200baccusing them of betraying the principles of their party and putting their personal political interests above the needs of the \u200ccountry. \u200dHe argued\u200d that\u200d their decision to side with Democrats \u200dundermined\u2063 the position of \u200dthe President and\u200b weakened the Republican\u200d Party as\u200d a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that Gingrich&#8217;s comments were an overreaction, and that it is not uncommon for members of a political\u2064 party to \u200chave differing opinions and vote accordingly. They contend\u2062 that the eight representatives \u2062were exercising their independent judgment and prioritizing\u200b the best interests of their constituents\u2062 rather than blindly following party lines.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gingrich believes that\u2062 party unity is crucial, especially \u200din the face of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/date-set-for-gavin-newsom-ron-desantis-debate\/\" title=\"Newsom-DeSantis Debate Date Announced\">highly polarized political climate<\/a>. He argues that when Republicans break\u2063 ranks and side with Democrats on significant issues, it gives\u2064 the opposition an advantage and weakens the prospects of achieving conservative\u200b goals.<\/p>\n<p>This divide within the Republican Party raises \u2063questions about the future of party \u200dunity and the ability to effectively govern. In an era where party loyalty seems to be\u200b waning, it is\u200d becoming increasingly difficult for politicians to navigate the delicate balance between\u200c their allegiance to\u200c their constituents and their\u200d obligations as party members.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 consequences of this divide were evident during the government shutdown, as the lack\u200c of unity among\u200b Republicans allowed Democrats to gain leverage and effectively \u200bblock the President&#8217;s desired funding for the \u2064border wall. This has led to speculation about whether the Republican Party can withstand continued fractures and maintain a cohesive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gingrich-calls-for-gop-traitors-who-ousted-mccarthy-to-be-driven-out-of-public-life\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Gingrich Demands Removal of GOP 'Traitors' Who Ousted McCarthy\">effective platform\u200c moving\u2064 forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Gingrich&#8217;s \u200dcriticism will hold any\u2063 weight remains to be seen. However, \u2063his remarks highlight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/29-gop-legislators-give-white-house-bad-news-about-ukraine-funding-on-the-day-zelenskyy-visits-dc\/\" title=\"29 GOP lawmakers deliver negative news to White House on Ukraine funding during Zelenskyy's DC visit.\">broader challenges \u200dfaced<\/a> by\u2063 political parties in maintaining cohesion and unity in an era \u200bof intense partisanship. As the political landscape continues to evolve, it is crucial for parties to <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> and work towards shared goals, lest they risk\u200d further divisions and the potential decline of their influence.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c conclusion, Newt Gingrich&#8217;s strong criticism of the eight Republican representatives who sided with Democrats during the government shutdown reflects the deep divisions within \u200cthe Republican \u2064Party. While some may argue\u2063 that these representatives were exercising their independent\u2062 judgment, Gingrich believes that party unity \u2064is \u2062crucial in achieving \u2064conservative goals. The consequences of this divide are evident\u200b in the government shutdown, \u2062raising questions about the future of party cohesion and effective governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newt Gingrich labeled the eight Republican representatives who supported Democrats to oust Kevin McCarthy as &#8220;traitors.&#8221; He believes they should be expelled from public life, accusing them of considering themselves morally superior, intellectually pure, and more patriotic by aligning against McCarthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":2055464,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2055463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/2055463","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\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}