{"id":2346879,"date":"2024-09-27T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-admires-johnson-for-poise-in-dealing-with-republican-idiots-as-speaker-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:26:53","slug":"newt-gingrich-admires-johnson-for-poise-in-dealing-with-republican-idiots-as-speaker-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-admires-johnson-for-poise-in-dealing-with-republican-idiots-as-speaker-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich admires Johnson for poise in dealing with Republican \u2018idiots\u2019 as speaker &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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-admires-johnson-for-poise-in-dealing-with-republican-idiots-as-speaker-washington-examiner%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=2346879&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--><p>Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich praised current Speaker Mike Johnson for his \u200bleadership and patience while handling challenges within the\u200c Republican Party. Speaking at\u200d the U.S. Capitol during the 30th anniversary of the &#8220;Contract\u200c with America,&#8221; Gingrich humorously remarked that\u2062 he \u2064could never tolerate the level of\u2064 frustration Johnson \u200bfaces, particularly from members who consistently vote against\u2062 party\u2064 lines. He highlighted the difficulties\u200b of \u2064leading with\u200d a slim three-seat majority, which requires Johnson \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-racial-equity-order-threatens-the-meritocracy-that-makes-our-military-great\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s \u2018Racial Equity\u2019 Order Threatens The Meritocracy That Makes Our Military Great\">seek bipartisan support<\/a> to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-declares-u-s-will-prevail-in-what-he-calls-decisive-decade\/\" title=\"Austin Declares U.S. Will Prevail In What He Calls \u201cDecisive Decade\u201d\">pass crucial legislation<\/a>. Additionally,\u200b Gingrich commended\u2062 Johnson&#8217;s Christian faith and resilience in the face\u200d of adversity, reflecting on his own experiences during his tenure as\u200d speaker.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newt Gingrich admires Johnson for poise in dealing with Republican &lsquo;idiots&rsquo; as speaker<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1769618\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Newt Gingrich<\/a> offered kudos to Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) and his leadership as head of the Republican conference on Friday, admiring his patience while dealing with &ldquo;idiots.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gingrich sparked laughter among the crowd while he spoke at the U.S. Capitol on the 30th anniversary of the &ldquo;Contract with America,&rdquo; a 10-point policy document he spearheaded in 1994 that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1939704\/newt-gingrich-huddles-with-house-republicans-time-for-new-contract-with-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>often credited<\/a> with Republicans&rsquo; sweeping victories that year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I could never do what Mike Johnson is doing. &hellip; I can lead a charge. I am pretty good on offense. The amount of time he has to spend listening to idiots is beyond me,&rdquo; Gingrich said, causing attendees to laugh.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were lucky because we had a large enough majority both times, 230 and 236, that you could have eight or 10 people go off the reservation and you&rsquo;re still going to win,&rdquo; Gingrich continued. &ldquo;But you try it &mdash; when you realize there are at least 14 Republicans who wake up every morning and say, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m voting no, what&rsquo;s the topic,&rsquo; it&rsquo;s almost impossible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newtgingrich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@newtgingrich<\/a>: &#8220;I could never do what Mike Johnson is doing&hellip;I can lead a charge. I am pretty good on offense. The amount of time he has to spend listening to idiots&hellip;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r5xxWRMfP7\">pic.twitter.com\/r5xxWRMfP7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1839740417773846896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Johnson is currently operating with a three-seat majority, one of the smallest in House history, which causes him to rely on Democratic support to pass key legislation such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-offers-exchange-of-views-meeting-to-gop-senators-who-countered-1-9-trillion-relief-plan\/\" title=\"Biden Offers \u2018Exchange Of Views\u2019 Meeting To GOP Senators Who Countered .9 Trillion Relief Plan\">spending bills<\/a>, foreign aid, and reauthorizations for things like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n<p>Within the last two weeks, Republicans have rebuked Johnson on the House floor. On Sept. 18, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3158556\/house-rejects-plan-avert-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>14 Republicans sank<\/a> a continuing resolution paired with the SAVE Act. When the measure was brought to the floor again on Wednesday as a clean stopgap spending legislation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3166365\/congress-punts-fight-government-funding-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>82 Republicans opposed<\/a> it.<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich praised Johnson for his faith as a Christian and the way he &ldquo;gets up every day and endures it.&rdquo; Gingrich served as speaker for four years before he resigned in 1998 under pressure after the GOP lost seats in the midterm elections amid GOP lawmakers&rsquo; push to impeach then-Democratic President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I was in Johnson&rsquo;s position, I&rsquo;d get people in a room and I wouldn&rsquo;t let them go,&rdquo; Gingrich added. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d just say, &lsquo;We&rsquo;re gonna keep talking.&rsquo; And we&rsquo;re going to keep talking and we&rsquo;re going to keep talking because you&rsquo;ve gotta somehow learn to listen to each other.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several hard-line conservatives, like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2933709\/marjorie-taylor-greene-new-speaker-spending-deal-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criticized Johnson<\/a> for not listening to his right flank and allowing Democrats to bail the conference out when it comes to passing legislation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greene went so far on Friday to say that the Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3169482\/marjorie-taylor-greene-republicans-dont-deserve-house-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>do not deserve to maintain<\/a> their slim House majority in the House next year after the recent spending legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I share the anger and frustration, and I don&rsquo;t think Republicans deserve to be reelected to hold the majority,&rdquo; the Georgia congresswoman said on Steve Bannon&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>War Room&nbsp;<\/em>podcast, adding that voters should cast their ballots for former President Donald Trump to ensure the GOP controls the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1769618\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1769618\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newt Gingrich praises Speaker Mike Johnson for his patience with difficult Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2346880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/newt-gingrich-and-mike-johnson.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4162,5191,35409,39203],"class_list":["post-2346879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-johnson","tag-leadership","tag-newt-gingrich","tag-republican-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/newt-gingrich-and-mike-johnson.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346879","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}