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Gingrich Calls Pelosi’s Strategy ‘Brain Dead’

January 6, 2020 · 11:49 am ET · Leave a Comment

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) slammed current Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) strategy to delay reporting articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, The Hill reports.

Said Gingrich: “He ought to send her a beautiful ‘thank you’ note saying that no one has done more to finance my campaign than you have Nancy, please spend the next months convincing people your party is brain-dead.”

He added: “The idea that Pelosi thinks that she can somehow bluff Mitch McConnell … verges on requiring a psychologist. She has no leverage on him. None. And it makes her look weak and foolish.”

House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich

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