Former President Donald Trump’s booking at Atlanta’s notorious “Rice Street” jail did not have the intended effect Democrats were hoping for, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., suggested to Fox News.
In an interview on “Life, Liberty & Levin,” Gingrich — whose Cobb County district lies just northwest of where Trump turned himself in — said people in the Peach State and beyond are recognizing what the situation actually represents.
Host Mark Levin, a former Reagan Justice Department chief of staff, noted the poll bumps, saying many Americans regardless of party don’t like how the criminal justice system is evolving during the Biden era.
“I think that Trump is not a candidate — Trump is the leader of a movement,” Gingrich replied. “He’s the personification of an establishment that is totally corrupt, destroying anything that gets in its way.”
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Gingrich claimed Trump is also seeing support rising a bit among voting blocs not traditionally associated with him or the Republican Party.
The former speaker claimed African-American male support for Trump is rising, saying such voters see their perceived injustices mirroring what has happened to the former president.
“The reason is simple: They feel that the police have harassed them,” Gingrich said. “They’re now watching the government harass Trump. They actually identify with what he’s going through.”
“I think many people who may or may not like Trump’s personality, but they look at this and they think, ‘Here are my choices. I’m going to side with a totally corrupt administration or I’m going to side with the guy who has the guts to stand there and take the beating and keep coming.”
A recent Washington Post report claimed Democrats are indeed concerned that Black voters won’t turn out in such numbers for President Biden as they had in 2020.
The paper cited a Black Male Voter Project official’s concern that Democrats spent too much…
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