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Donald Trump Considers Newt Gingrich for VP

<p>Donald Trump has yet to choose a running mate&comma; but everybody&rsquo&semi;s talking about his newest potential pick&colon; former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich&period;&nbsp&semi;Could this conservative icon be just the man to balance out the inexperienced and unpredictable billionaire&quest; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New Gingrich joined Trump on the campaign trail this week&comma; blasting Hillary Clinton on Wednesday prior to a Trump rally in Cincinnati&comma; Ohio&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&ldquo&semi;I cannot imagine a more vivid proof of corruption than the steps that go from the Bill Clinton accidental airport meeting&comma; to the Saturday of the Fourth of July Weekend interview&comma; to the Tuesday after the Fourth of July weekend conclusion based on the total non-analysis of the interview&comma; to the Attorney General announcing with great surprise that she accepts the FBI director&rsquo&semi;s total sellout of the American system&excl;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><em>They are once again making the case that there are two Americas&colon; there is the corrupt Washington of the old order and there are all the rest of us&comma;&rdquo&semi; he continued&period; &ldquo&semi;Enough is enough&period; Enough of the lies&comma; enough of the job killing deals&comma; enough of taking care of the big boys while the rest of us hit foreclosures &ndash&semi; just to go down the list&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Choosing Gingrich could be a brilliant move for Trump&comma; who has admitted he&rsquo&semi;s looking for someone who &ldquo&semi;knows how Washington works&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;Gingrich&comma; best known for his 1994 congressional agenda &ldquo&semi;Contract with America&rdquo&semi; definitely fits the bill&period;&nbsp&semi;Looking back to the 1990s&comma; Gingrich utilized talk radio in the same way Trump is now exploiting social media to push his messages past the gatekeepers&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As November draws ever closer&comma; Trump has made it clear that he is more interested in attracting disaffected Democrats than stubborn conservatives&period; Through his experience in the House&comma; Gingrich has shown the willingness and ability to ally himself with Democrats&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 73-year-old former Speaker is impressed with Donald Trump&rsquo&semi;s dramatic rise from underdog to nominee&comma; perhaps seeing a reflection of his own career&colon; &ldquo&semi;Remember that in Newt&rsquo&semi;s rise&comma; people dismissed him&comma;&rdquo&semi; says former Minnesota Rep&period; Vin Weber&period; &&num;8220&semi;Newt was the epitome of the anti-establishment activist and he was ridiculed and laughed at by establishment figures in both parties on his way up the ladder&period; So he looks at Trump and that&rsquo&semi;s what he sees&colon; he sees a guy who&rsquo&semi;s rising to the top over the ridicule of lots of people and he identifies with that&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gingrich seems excited to lend his personal experience and advice to the billionaire and says he&&num;8217&semi;s one of the &ldquo&semi;four or five people&rdquo&semi; being considered for VP&period; Gingrich predicts Trump will make his final decision &ldquo&semi;either Thursday or Friday before the GOP convention&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> Newt is one of the few people we quote on this site&period; He would make a powerful ally for Trump as VP&comma; plus Newt and Paul Ryan might make some substantial progress on reducing our budget deficit&period; &nbsp&semi;Would be a fine choice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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