{"id":2384473,"date":"2024-12-29T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-slams-destructive-house-republicans-ahead-of-speaker-vote-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T18:46:14","slug":"gingrich-slams-destructive-house-republicans-ahead-of-speaker-vote-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-slams-destructive-house-republicans-ahead-of-speaker-vote-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingrich slams &#8216;destructive&#8217; House Republicans ahead of speaker vote &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fgingrich-slams-destructive-house-republicans-ahead-of-speaker-vote-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=2384473&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>The article features former republican Representative Newt Gingrich criticizing &#8220;destructive&#8221; behavior among House Republicans\u200b in the \u200ccontext of an upcoming tense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-republicans-say-they-wont-support-mccarthy-for-speaker\/\" title=\"3 Republicans Say They Won&#039;t Support McCarthy for Speaker\">speaker election<\/a>. \u200bHe <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">highlights internal conflicts<\/a> \u2064within \u200bthe \u2064party that could hinder their effectiveness and unity. The piece emphasizes the stakes \u200binvolved in the election and suggests that\u200b the current \u200cstate \u200bof discord may be detrimental to the Republican Party&#8217;s goals. Further details \u2063and a video \u2063may accompany the article,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-self-described-digital-assassin-who-averaged-76-tweets-per-day-goes-curiously-silent\/\" title=\"MISSING: Self-Described \u2018Digital Assassin\u2019 Who Averaged 76 Tweets Per Day Goes Curiously Silent\">providing additional context<\/a> to Gingrich&#8217;s remarks and the political dynamics \u2062at\u2062 play.  <\/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\">Gingrich slams &lsquo;destructive&rsquo; House Republicans ahead of tense speaker election<\/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_1921802\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former GOP Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Newt Gingrich\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> praised House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Newt Gingrich\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) for his handling of the continuing resolution drama before Christmas as Johnson hopes to coast in this week&rsquo;s speaker election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnson will face his first House speaker election since he first won the job in October 2023, but during the fight over continuing resolutions earlier this month, some House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3271175\/how-gop-infighting-over-speaker-fight-could-delay-trump-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"expressed doubt\">expressed doubt<\/a> about whether they would support him. Gingrich, himself a former House speaker, offered his praise and hit at &ldquo;totally destructive&rdquo; Republicans while on the <a href=\"https:\/\/catsroundtable.com\/former-speaker-newt-gingrich-mike-johnson-is-the-best-speaker-republicans-are-going-to-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"expressed doubt\">radio show<\/a> <em>The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3231270\/abortion-foes-hope-gop-governors-spend-political-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ABORTION FOES SEE HOPE IF THEY CAN GET GOP GOVERNORS TO SPEND POLITICAL CAPITAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mike Johnson, speaker of the House, is doing an extraordinary job. I tell everybody, I was a pretty effective speaker. I could never do his job. He has no margins. Any two or three members can rebel at any moment,&rdquo; Gingrich said.<\/p>\n<p>The 2012 presidential candidate also heralded Johnson for avoiding a government shutdown by negotiating and rallying support for last week&rsquo;s continuing resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich stressed that Republicans should stay focused on key issues, such as tax cuts, but also be a unified front as the GOP takes over control in the Senate and the White House next month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They need a Republican unity program for the next two years. These guys who wake up every morning and say, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m going to vote no. What&rsquo;s the issue?&rsquo; are totally destructive and hand the House over to the Democrats,&rdquo; Gingrich said. &ldquo;So they need to start this new year with a pledge that every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> is going to stick together &ndash; they&rsquo;re going to be a single team.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House speaker race will be held on Friday at the start of the 119th Congress. It will be one of the first tests of how unified or fractured the House GOP is with its narrow majority. Republicans will have a narrow 219-215 majority at the start of the Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker election is often a formality, with one simple round of voting, but in 2023, a pair of prolonged elections, in January and October, lengthened the usually quick process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1921802\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1921802\"}});<\/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>Gingrich criticizes &#8216;destructive&#8217; House Republicans before speaker vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2384474,"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":[7473,32920,47565],"class_list":["post-2384473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gingrich","tag-house-republicans","tag-speaker-vote"],"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\/2384473","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384477,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384473\/revisions\/2384477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}