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Newt Gingrich’s take on the chaos in Congress:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi – and the old guard Democrats
at large – are in a very difficult position.
The radical young voters the Democrats have been
courting for years have finally elected like-minded radical young
representatives – and Pelosi and her leadership team has no control over them.
A big reason why, as I mentioned on Hannity this week,
is that there is a wide generational gap between Democratic House leadership
and freshmen Democrats, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and
others.
. . .
The result is, these new Democrats are throwing a
party – and the grandparents aren’t invited. Pelosi and members of Democratic
leadership are simply trapped in a cycle of responding to headlines. This is
how you end up with the so-called Green New Deal, which is a work of complete
legislative fantasy that would utterly bankrupt the country. It’s also how the
House got to a second forced public condemnation of the new Democrats’ flagrant
anti-Semitism. Pelosi simply can’t control the young, radical, progressive
wing, which is ardently socialist, anti-Israel, and contemptuous of America and
its history.
. . .
Already, because of Pelosi’s inability to control
her caucus, the Democrats can’t do anything positive. It’s making them
desperate. The most they can do is focus their efforts on their shared vendetta
against President Trump and everyone in his orbit.
. . .
These divides in the Democratic Party are only
going to become more pronounced as Pelosi’s grip slips further. The new
Democrats’ private party will become increasingly raucous until it has lost all
touch with normal Americans. Moderate Democrats will have to continue answering
for their colleague’s radicalism. Pelosi and the grandparents will not be
invited along, but they will still be left cleaning up the mess.
The rest of Mr. Speaker's column is here.
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